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Aafia Siddiqui, a U.S.-trained Pakistani scientist, gets 86 years in prison on questionable assault conviction

Aafia Siddiqui, a U.S.-trained Pakistani scientist who was convicted of charges that she tried to kill Americans while detained in Afghanistan in 2008, was sentenced Thursday to 86 years in prison.

Aafia Siddiqui’s sentence was handed down by a federal New York court.

The case, barely covered in the United States, has been closely watched in Pakistan, where for months people have been demonstrating and calling for her release.

The following video is reported by Kristen Saloomey and produced by Laila Al-Arian for Al Jazeera.

You can see my previous post (explaining why the charges are highly questionable) on Siddiqui here.