BREAKING. Danny's valiant parents Ruth + @YudaPearl will file a "review" of the shocking Supreme Court ruling freeing Omar Sheikh+3. Their statement⬇️The 4 men are NOT yet free. Call your lawmakers in Pakistan, the US, the world to support Danny's parents. #JusticeForDanielPearl
2/Ruth+ @yudapearl: "The Pearl family intends to file a review petition against the illegal and unjust majority decision of the Supreme Court of Pakistan to ensure that Ahmed Omer Sheikh and his coconspirators are brought to justice for the kidnapping and murder of Daniel Pearl."
3/Ruth+ @yudapearl: "It is beyond belief that Ahmed Omar Sheikh--who, after 18 years of lies, had finally admitted in a handwritten letter to the court his role in the kidnapping for ransom of Daniel Pearl--has been given a clean slate and let loose once again upon the world..."
4/Ruth+ @yudapearl: "...to continue his international terrorist activities."
5/Ruth+ @yudapearl: "We appreciate the continuing efforts of the Pakistani federal government, the Sindh provincial government and the U.S. government to ensure that the killers of Daniel Pearl are declared guilty and kept in custody."
6/Ruth + @yudapearl: "We also appreciate the minority judgment of Justice Yahya Afridi for his independence and courage in bringing to justice Ahmed Omar Sheikh and Fahad Naseem."
7/Ruth + @yudapearl: "Lastly, we thank journalists everywhere, especially in Pakistan, and the people of Pakistan, for ensuring our voice for justice for Daniel Pearl is heard."
8/Ruth + @yudapearl: "Let there be no doubt that our fight for justice for Daniel Pearl is not merely a personal struggle but a struggle for the independence of all journalists and all innocent victims of terrorism in Pakistan and worldwide."
9/Ruth + @yudapearl: "Our voice for justice may have suffered a temporary setback by this travesty of justice but it will never be silenced, and we remain committed in our quest for justice for Daniel Pearl."
10/ By @syedraza_hassan@reuters: "The Pearl family 'intends to file a review petition against the illegal and unjust majority decision of the Supreme Court of Pakistan,' said a statement issued by the family’s lawyer, Faisal Siddiqui, on Saturday night." reuters.com/article/us-pak…
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BREAKING. Sindh govt filed 3 appeals to unjust ruling by 3 judges of the Pakistan Supreme Court to free Omar Sheikh + 3 coconspirators. Will it keep them in jail?
I’m in shock. What a betrayal. How could you let this this happen on your watch @ImranKhanPTI? First Danny Pearl is murdered on your soil. And now justice is slain.
If Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh is freed by a Pakistani court, he must face American justice. And it shouldn’t be up to the family of one of his victims to demand it, writes @GovChristiewsj.com/articles/extra… via @WSJ
2/ @GovChristie makes a critical argument: The US indicted Omar Sheikh for Danny Pearl's 2002 kidnapping AND the 1994 kidnapping of a US tourist Bela Nuss in India. Christie was there and says: he faces the DEATH PENALTY in America. nbcnews.com/id/wbna3067249
3/ Writes @GovChristie@WSJopinion: "I was sworn in as U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey on Jan. 17, 2002. Six days later, Daniel Pearl, South Asia bureau chief for The @WSJ, was kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan."
Thank you @SarahTheHaider for being a champion for our school and its kids. They are amazing, amazing kids. And it's broken my heart this year to see them used as the scapegoats for years of failures by all of the groups who have stoked the woke agitation against our school.
Before COVID, I did hall monitor duty on Mondays when teachers would be in collab meetings. The kids? They'd congregate on the floors of places like Gandhi Commons. Their greatest infraction? Maybe skipping down the hall. They don't skip out of school. They are GOOD KIDS.
BREAKING via @HasnaatMalik: “The Sindh High Court on Dec 24 ordered the Sindh govt to...release the 4 men accused of kidnapping + murdering...Daniel Pearl. HOWEVER, the provincial govt will not release these men in view of a Supreme Court order.” tribune.com.pk/story/2277601/…
Reports @HasnaatMalik: “Sources told The @ExpressTribune that the PPP led Sindh government believes that the Supreme Court’s September 28 order with regard to Daniel Pearl case accused is still in the field.”
From @HasnaatMalik: “A three-judge bench led by Justice Mushir Alam on September 28 noted that till the next date of hearing, the respondents – Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, Fahad Nasim Ahmed, Syed Salman Saqib and Sheikh Adil – shall not be released.” tribune.com.pk/story/2277601/…
1/ NEWS FLASH. From @SaeedShah@WSJ: “Pakistani authorities were seeking new legal means to continue to detain the man convicted in 2002 as the mastermind of the kidnapping and killing of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, officials said.” wsj.com/articles/pakis…
2/ “...Faiz Shah, the prosecutor general for the southern province of Sindh, where the case was heard Thursday, said that Mr. Sheikh would remain behind bars. He said that an earlier ruling by the Supreme Court would be used to ensure that.” The order: drive.google.com/file/d/189W34o…
3/ Writes @WSJ@SaeedShah:
“He will be detained,” said Sindh prosecutor Faiz Shah.
“Pakistan, which faces possible intl financial sanctions over lax controls on terrorist groups in the country, has been embarrassed by the resurfacing of the Pearl case...analysts say.”