In part two of our interview with Steve Downs, executive director of the National Coalition to Protect Civil Freedoms, he details his work on one of the most baffling cases in the so-called war on terror, the story of Aafia Siddiqui. In Pakistan, she is considered a political prisoner, but in the United States she is known as "Lady al Qaeda." She is currently incarcerated at a federal prison in Fort Worth, Texas, where she is serving 86 years behind bars. Her lawyers say she hasn't spoken with anyone for over a year.

Democracy Now! 2015-04-20 Monday

• Headlines for April 20, 2015
• FBI Informant Exposes Sting Operation Targeting Innocent Americans in New "(T)ERROR" Documentary

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Democracy Now! 2015-04-17 Friday

• Headlines for April 17, 2015
• Test Mutiny: Tens of Thousands of New York Parents Revolt Against Standardized Exams
• Did NBC Cover Up Role of U.S.-Backed Free Syrian Army in 2012 Kidnapping of Richard Engel?
• Watch: Art Exhibit Recreates Tiny Cell Where the Late Herman Wallace Spent 42 Years in Solitary
• Volunteers Gather to Care for Glenn Ford, Exonerated Louisiana Man Who Is Now Dying from Cancer

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Democracy Now! 2015-04-16 Thursday

• Headlines for April 16, 2015
• Fight for $15: Tens of Thousands Rally as Labor, Civil Rights & Social Justice Movements Join Forces
• "A Corporate Trojan Horse": Critics Decry Secretive TPP Trade Deal as a Threat to Democracy
• Grayson on Money & Politics: "If We Do Nothing, We Can Kiss This Country Goodbye. Well, Pucker Up"
• Harvard Students Expand Blockade Calling for School to Divest from Fossil Fuels

Democracy Now! 2015-04-15 Wednesday

• Headlines for April 15, 2015
• Obama to Remove Cuba from Terror List After Latin American Outcry, Will the Embargo Follow?
• Khalil Muhammad: To Stop Police Killings, Transform the Political Culture That Threatens Black Lives
• Fight for $15: Fast-Food Workers Stage Day of Action in Historic Mobilization of Low-Wage Labor

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Democracy Now! 2015-04-14 Tuesday

• Headlines for April 14, 2015
• Remembering Eduardo Galeano, Champion of Social Justice & Chronicler of Latin America's Open Veins
• As Video Captures Officers' Fatal Shootings of Unarmed Men, Knowing Your Rights to Film the Police
• Black Lives Matter Activists in South Carolina Demand Reform After Police Killing of Walter Scott

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Democracy Now! 2015-04-13 Monday

• Headlines for April 13, 2015
• Debate: Hillary Clinton Sounds Populist Tone, But Are Progressives Ready to Back Her in 2016?

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Democracy Now! 2015-04-10 Friday

• Headlines for April 10, 2015
• Exclusive: Mumia Abu-Jamal Releases New Prison Radio Commentary on Walter Scott Shooting
• Juan González on Walter Scott Shooting: When Will the Police Killings of Black Males Stop?
• Obama Faces Latin American Opposition to Venezuela Sanctions as Cuba Joins Summit of the Americas
• Exclusive: Father of 1 of Missing Mexican 43 on How Drug War Aid "Being Used to Annihilate Students"

Democracy Now! 2015-04-08 Wednesday

• Headlines for April 08, 2015
• What if There Was No Video? White SC Officer Charged With Murder of Fleeing African-American Man
• Change in Ferguson Continues as Record Turnout Adds 2 Black Members to City Council
• Mayor Rahm Emanuel Wins Chicago Runoff, But Progressives Show a Force That Can No Longer Be Ignored
• My Journey with Maya Angelou: Tavis Smiley Remembers Legendary Poet & Civil Rights Activist