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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 571

Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh

Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the alleged mastermind behind Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl's kidnap-slaying, appears at the court in Karachi, Pakistan, March 29, 2002. (Zia Mazhar/AP)
March 25, 2021, 12:36 pm
Man convicted then acquitted in Daniel Pearl killing to leave Pakistan prison
But court says Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, convicted of planning abduction and beheading of Jewish journalist, should remain in jail staff’s quarters during appeal process
By Agencies
A police van is driven out from the Karachi Central Prison where British-born Pakistani Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, who was charged, convicted and later acquitted in the 2002 murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl, is detained, in Karachi, Pakistan, Friday, Jan. 29, 2021. Pakistan is scrambling to manage the fallout of a Supreme Court decision to free the Pakistani-British man accused in the 2002 beheading of American Journalist Daniel Pearl. The Sindh Provincial government on Friday filed a review petition, asking the same court to revisit its decision. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
January 29, 2021, 10:27 pm
Pakistan prosecutors in last ditch effort to stop release of Daniel Pearl killer
Blinken calls Pakistani foreign minister to press for ways to ‘ensure accountability for convicted terrorist Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and others responsible’
By AFP
Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the alleged mastermind behind Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl's kidnap-slaying, appears at the court in Karachi, Pakistan, March 29, 2002. (Zia Mazhar/AP)
January 29, 2021, 2:53 am
US ‘prepared to prosecute’ man acquitted in Pakistan of murdering Daniel Pearl
Biden administration calls on Pakistani government to allow US to try Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, convicted of planning abduction and beheading of Jewish journalist
By AFP
Faisal Siddiqi, a lawyer for the family of Daniel Pearl, an American reporter who was kidnapped and killed in Pakistan in 2002, leaves the Supreme Court after an appeal hearing in the Pearl case, in Islamabad, Pakistan, January 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
January 15, 2021, 1:07 pm
Lawyer for Daniel Pearl’s family faces uphill legal fight
Prosecutor in the original case tried all four defendants as one, with the same charges against all even though each played a different role
By KATHY GANNON
Mehmood A. Sheikh, defense lawyer for British-born Pakistani Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, leaves the Supreme Court after an appeal hearing in the Daniel Pearl case, in Islamabad, Pakistan, January 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
January 6, 2021, 5:11 pm
Murder suspect acquitted in Daniel Pearl’s killing to file petition for release
Omar Sheikh will turn to Pakistan Supreme Court to seek release from jail after conviction was overturned in 2002 killing of American Jewish journalist
By KATHY GANNON
Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the alleged mastermind behind the Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl's kidnap-slaying, appears at the court in Karachi, Pakistan, March 29, 2002. (Zia Mazhar/AP)
December 30, 2020, 7:28 pm
US says it won’t allow Daniel Pearl murder suspect to evade justice
Justice Department ‘stands ready’ to take custody of Omar Sheikh, who was ordered released from a Pakistani jail after acquitted of 2002 killing of American Jewish journalist
By Munir Ahmed
Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the alleged mastermind behind the Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl's kidnap-slaying, appears at the court in Karachi, Pakistan, March 29, 2002. (Zia Mazhar/AP)
December 24, 2020, 11:33 am
Pakistan court orders release of man charged in killing of reporter Daniel Pearl
Sindh High Court’s order overturns Supreme Court decision to keep Ahmed Omar Saeed in custody while family of beheaded Jewish journalist appeals earlier acquittal of murder
By ADIL JAWAD
Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the alleged mastermind behind the Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl's kidnap-slaying, appears at the court in Karachi, Pakistan, March 29, 2002. (Zia Mazhar/AP)
December 1, 2020, 5:06 pm
Appeal opens against reversal of Briton’s conviction in Daniel Pearl killing
Pakistani court to hear case against Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, initially sentenced to death for Jewish reporter’s 2002 kidnapping and beheading
By AFP
Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the alleged mastermind behind the Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl's kidnap-slaying, appears at the court in Karachi, Pakistan, March 29, 2002. (Zia Mazhar/AP)
October 7, 2020, 2:30 pm
Pakistan’s top court rules Daniel Pearl killer to remain in prison
Relatives of Jewish reporter seeking to keep Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh on death row following his acquittal earlier this year of grisly beheading; proceedings could take years
By KATHY GANNON
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