Dr Shakil Afridi, a physician by profession was accused of assisting the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in obtaining DNA samples of Osama Bin Laden through a fake vaccination campaign. DAWN
Heroic Pakistani Doctor Who Helped CIA Capture Bin Laden Speaks Out About Prison Torture In Secret Letter Smuggled Out Of Pakistan -- Daily Mail
* Shakil Afridi ran a vaccination program for the CIA to pinpoint Osama bin Laden in Pakistan before the raid that killed him
* The doctor was sentenced to 33 years in jail after the mission for 'conspiring against the state'
* While the conviction was overturned, he has been remanded in prison pending a new verdict on Dec. 18
* A letter written by Afridi smuggled out of Pakistan by one of his supporters says the doctor is being held in complete isolation without access to his lawyers or family and is being subjected to 'mental torture'
The heroic doctor who helped the United States pinpoint the location of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden has been held in complete isolation in a Pakistani prison since September 2012 - without access to lawyers or family - as he waits for a court to decide his future, according to a letter smuggled out of the country by a supporter.
Shakil Afridi, 49 - who worked with the CIA on a fake vaccination operation to confirm the presence of bin Laden in an Abbottobad compound, resulting in the fateful May 2011 SEAL mission that killed the terrorist mastermind - is regarded as a hero in the US but has been tried as a traitor in Pakistan.
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More News On The Pakistani Doctor Who Helped The CIA Capture Osama Bin Laden
Jailed Bin Laden doctor Shakil Afridi refuses to stay silent -- BBC
Hero Bin Laden doctor decries treatment in letter smuggled out of Pakistani prison -- FOX News
Doctor Who Helped U.S. Find bin Laden Speaks Out From Prison -- Newsmax
Court to announce Dr Shakil Afridi's retrial verdict on Dec 18 -- DAWN
Verdict due next week for Pakistani doctor linked to CIA's bin Laden search -- CNN
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