Daniel Pearl
Judea Pearl told JNS that the oversight “weaponizes the conflation of anti-Zionism and antisemitism.”
An electrical engineer and computer analyst, she survived the “Farhud” pogrom in Iraq as a child.
Pakistan’s top court has ordered the immediate release of Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and three co-defendants in the case • The Pearl family is in “complete shock,” says their lawyer.
The United States announced a grand-jury indictment against Omar Sheikh for acts of terrorism.
“The detention order is struck down,” said attorney Faisal Siddiqi.
The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations lauded the decision, saying “this killer should be behind bars for the rest of his days; anything less would be a painful insult to the Pearl family.”
“The United States is watching this closely,” a spokesperson told JNS.
“Pakistan’s courts have just shown that murderous anti-Semitism is acceptable in mainstream Pakistani law and society,” said CAMERA communications director Jonah Cohen.
Following worldwide outrage to the overturning of the convictions, the four have been rearrested and will remain behind bars “for a period of three months pending filing of the appeal.”
“We urge the U.S. government to press the government in Pakistan to reverse this injustice and hold the murderers of an American citizen to account,” said the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.
