Family, lawyers allowed to visit hero Pakistani doctor who helped get Bin Laden

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Fox News:

Sib Kaifee

June 30, 2013

 

In a surprise move, Pakistani regional officials lifted the ban on relatives and lawyers visiting Shakil Afridi, the doctor who has been jailed ever since he helped the CIA pinpoint the compound where Usama bin Laden was hiding in advance of the 2011 raid that killed the terror mastermind.

 

The move, by the provincial government of Pakistans northwest region, came after U.S. Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan James Dobbin met with Pakistani leaders earlier this week. Family members, who have long expressed concerns for Afridis health and safety, and legal representatives, who have been cut off from their client, will now be able to see him once a month.

 

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On a phone call from Pakistan, Jamil Afridi thanked Free Afridi campaign activists and asked them to carry a message to Washington for him.

Please tell Obama and [secretary of State John] Kerry to help free my brother, he said. He means everything to me.

 

Hollywood power couple Robert Lorsch, chairman and CEO of MMR Global, a company specializing in health records, and his wife Kira, an actress, have been spearheading a campaign to help free the hero doctor.

 

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