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Court orders release of man charged in Daniel Pearl killing | |
2020-12-24 | |
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A provincial court in Pakistan on Thursday ordered the release of a British-born Pakistani man charged in the 2002 murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl. The Sindh High Court’s release order overturns government detention orders that Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh,
"The detention order is struck down," said Faisal Siddiqi, the family’s lawyer. He said Sheikh would be freed until the appeal is completed, but would return to prison if the family is successful in overturning the acquittal. However, Siddiqi said the Sindh provincial government is appealing the order to release Sheikh. Sheikh’s lawyer Mehmood A. Sheikh, with whom he is not related, called for his client’s immediate release. Related: Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh: 2020-12-02 Appeal opens against reversal of Briton’s conviction in Daniel Pearl killing Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh: 2020-10-09 Pakistan’s top court rules Daniel Pearl killer to remain in prison Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh: 2020-06-30 Pakistan could soon free convicted kidnapper of US reporter Daniel Pearl | |
Posted by:Besoeker |
#7 We were breathing down their collective necks back in the day, Tennessee. |
Posted by: trailing wife 2020-12-24 23:41 |
#6 Pakistan did arrest him though...and KSM et al...back in the day. But today is a new day and this is what we get for not having a truly functional military commissions system to try him as a war criminal. So I blame us for relying on other countries beyond the initial detention. |
Posted by: Tennessee 2020-12-24 16:28 |
#5 I don't understand the acquittal Pakistan wants to reward him for the work, but America keeps noticing. He’s gone through several rounds of this, as revealed by a quick search of Rantburg’s archives, which I’ve added to the article. |
Posted by: trailing wife 2020-12-24 13:14 |
#4 I don't understand the acquittal Pakistan -- Pearl was Jewish. They don't really think any crime was committed. |
Posted by: Rob Crawford 2020-12-24 12:46 |
#3 Prosecutors Decline to Charge Black Lives Matter Militant Who Ran Over Proud Boy in Washington |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-12-24 09:26 |
#2 #1 Be a shame if something terrible happened to Mr. Sheikh. Posted by: Besoeker I don't understand the acquittal ... this guy confessed to assisting KSM with the "slaughter" of Pearl. Maybe, just maybe, one day we will be able to convict KSM of the murder and martyr him. If the military commissions actually have trials. |
Posted by: Tennessee 2020-12-24 09:20 |
#1 Be a shame if something terrible happened to Mr. Sheikh. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2020-12-24 07:42 |