Karachi : Aafia Movement Pakistan leader and noted neurophysician of the country Dr Fowzia Siddiqui has said that their family is worried about the health and life of the daughter of the nation, Dr Aafia Siddiqui, jailed in Texas, where is massive winter storm and suspension of electricity and heat system has posed massive threat to life and health of jail inmates.
She said as per reports of the US media as a winter storm wreaked havoc on Texas, about 1,000 women at the federal medical prison in Fort Worth were left without heat in freezing temperatures, according to women in the prison and family members of women incarcerated there.
Winter storm Uri left hundreds of thousands without power in Dallas-Fort Worth and damaged electric lines across the state. While FMC Carswell retained electricity, the heat never kicked on and only cold water was available from Sunday to Monday evening, women at the prison said. The prison is the only federal medical facility for women in the country, and most people incarcerated there have medical problems. As of Tuesday, 31 women officially still had COVID-19, according to BOP data, although many more were still sick from the virus, family members and women at the prison said.
Dr Fowzia Siddiqui regretted that Aafia family has no information about the life and health of Dr Aafia, as the family has no facility of telephone contact with her for a couple of years. She said that despite her repeated appeals telephone contact between Aafia and her family is yet to be restored. She said in these circumstances the family is exty worried about the health and life of Aafia.
Dr Fowzia once again appealed to the administration of the US and government of Pakistan to have a mercy on their family and ensure resumption of telephonic contract between Aafia and her family on urgent basis.
