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Wherever you stand be the soul of that place- Rumi

[Kasim Khan @Kasim_Khan_1999]

Currently, my Aunties are still abducted. Family and lawyers have received no update on how they are, nor why they are incarcerated. Concerning my father, there is complete silence.

My brother and I have had no contact with him for more than six months. We do not even know the true state of his health.

Meanwhile, thousands of Pakistanis are peacefully taking to the streets to protest against his illegal and politically motivated imprisonment.

However, the people of Pakistan have not given up. No barricade, intimidation or repression can muzzle the people’s demand for justice and their democratic right to be heard.

There can be no lasting peace or stability while their democratic will is suppressed and their chosen leader remains behind bars.

[bm26 @BeeOMBM]

@Jemima_Khan @SdqJaan The most exceptional human being possible. Thank you Jemima you’re just beyond amazing in every which way💕

[Jemima Goldsmith @Jemima_Khan]

Prime Minister @andyburnham and Foreign Secretary @Ed_Miliband : how much longer will Britain remain silent?

For three years the father of my two sons, and Pakistan’s former Prime Minister, Imran Khan, has been brutally penalised by his political opponents, in a personal vendetta by Army Chief, Asim Munir,  which according to the UN,  amounts to torture and which  is now taking a potentially fatal toll on his physical and mental health. 

He has endured 3 years of solitary confinement. For nearly ten months now his family has been denied contact with him. He has been deprived of the most basic human contact, denied access to books, lawyers and doctors.

The international human-rights standards are unequivocal. Under the UN’s Nelson Mandela Rules, solitary confinement lasting more than 15 consecutive days is prohibited and amounts to torture.

He has endured this treatment not for 15 days, but for three years.

Pakistan’s own Supreme Court has now intervened: ordering comprehensive  medical treatment, access to his personal doctor, regular family visits and twice-weekly calls with his sons.

Yet those orders are being defied.

This is no longer simply a Pakistani political matter. It is a human-rights emergency.

He has deep and lifelong ties to Britain. He studied at Oxford University, captained Oxford University cricket and spent years playing county cricket in England. His relationship with this country stretches back more than half a century. His charitable activities were internationally recognised, and  include building the only free cancer hospital in Pakistan as well as a university.

His sons, my two boys, Sulaiman and Kasim, are British citizens. They have been forced to watch their father’s health decline from thousands of miles away, prevented from visiting him, denied visas, publicly threatened by government officials with arrest themselves, and even denied court-mandated regular phone calls. 

I have repeatedly appealed to the UK government to intervene. Purported attempts at back channelling have evidently failed. The previous Foreign Secretary @DavidLammy informed me in writing that Britain would not  intervene if my sons, British citizens, are arrested when they travel to Pakistan to visit their father. 

@FCDOGovUK: Britain must now speak out publicly and unequivocally. Demand that Pakistan comply with its own Supreme Court;  restore Imran Khan’s medical access, his right to see his family, end his prolonged isolation and uphold his fundamental human rights.

Pakistan is a Commonwealth country. Britain has a long and proud tradition of standing against arbitrary detention, inhumane treatment and the denial of fundamental rights. Those principles mean very little if we invoke them only selectively and neglect them when inconvenient.
This an appeal to the new Burnham government  to please now do the right thing.

[Times Radio @TimesRadio]

"The Foreign Office needs to be much more robust" in helping former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan, says Lord Goldsmith.

"It’s really grubby, really quite shocking and deeply distressing".

@adamboultonTABB | @ZacGoldsmith

[Doctors For Imran Khan @DoctorsForIK]

We are extremely concerned by Imran Khan’s medical assessment this month: incomplete investigation, diagnosis and treatment, and potentially inappropriate medication use. We urge his immediate transfer to Shifa International Hospital, in line with the Supreme Court’s directions.

[bm26 @BeeOMBM]

@ImranRiazKhan Please amend your tweet with correction of the actual fact about who should do what.

[Zalmay Khalilzad @realZalmayMK]

In #Pakistan a missed opportunity and a massive violation of the Supreme Court's order. @ImranKhanPTI

[bm26 @BeeOMBM]

@TararAttaullah Writing on the wall for those that can read: contempt of the highest judiciary of Pakistan The honorable Supreme Court. All eyes on the justice system.

[bm26 @BeeOMBM]

@Asad_Umar Excuse me and who are you? Oh yes opportunist/coward. Please sit down.

[Kasim Khan @KasimKhanUK]

We strongly appeal to the United Nations and other international human rights organizations to take notice of the injustice being done to our father and to raise their voice for justice. @hrw @UNHumanRights

[Kasim Khan @Kasim_Khan_1999]

Today, I had the honour of speaking to the 47 countries that comprise the @UN #HumanRightsCouncil urging the immediate release of my father @imrankhanpti and all #Pakistan’s #politicalprisoners. Along with this, I want to be very clear. Like my father, I fully support maintaining GSP+ as the people of #Pakistan should never be punished for the actions of its leaders. But the Pakistani regime must also fully comply with the 27 treaties it committed to follow to obtain this benefit, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and Convention Against Torture. @UN @ptiofficial #HumanRights #ImranKhanUnlawfullyDetained

[Jemima Goldsmith @Jemima_Khan]

My sons Sulaiman & @kasim_khan_1999 applied for visas in January (again… ) to allow them to visit their father @ImranKhanPTI in Pakistan. The Pakistan consulate states that online visa processing normally takes 7–10 working days. It has now been 60 days. This despite the public promise that they could safely travel there to see their father after 4 years, made by both Defence Minister @khawajaMAsif to @mehdirhasan & PM spokesperson @mosharrafzaidi to @SkyYaldaHakim
Meanwhile, they are not allowed to speak to him on the phone, nor send him a letter. They haven’t seen him since 2022 after he was shot in an assassination attempt.
This is an appeal directly to Pakisan’s PM @CMShehbaz to please allow Imran Khan’s two sons to see their father asap, particularly since, by all accounts, his health is in decline.

[Farid Ahmed (Qureshi) @FaridQureshi_UK]

برطانوی پارلیمنٹ میں سابق وزیراعظم عمران خان کے علاج اور جیل کی سزا پر زوردار بحث۔

[Farid Ahmed (Qureshi) @FaridQureshi_UK]

پاکستانی حکمرانوں کو بنیادی آزادیوں، فری ٹرائل اور علاج تک رسائی کو یقینی بنانا چاہئے۔ برطانوی حکومت کی وزیر بیرونس چیپ مین کا پارلیمنٹ میں عمران خان کی سزا اور علاج کے حوالے سے بحث کے دوران بیان۔

[Vikrant Gupta @vikrantgupta73]

Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar among 14 former international cricket captains requesting Pakistan Govt for fair medical treatment, dignified detention conditions and fair trial for Imran Khan
These guys have shown how they may have been rivals on the field but will be friends forever
IMP: The list has no Pakistani name on it. Sad

[Zalmay Khalilzad @realZalmayMK]

Imran Khan's 2 sons would like to visit their father who has serious medical issues. A very human and understandable desire that we can all relate to. Why wouldn't the #Pakistan establishment grant them a visa?

https://t.co/wLLQsLVB0N

[bm26 @BeeOMBM]

@ashoswai Yes only after shammed by India. Too little too late

[Sehrish Maan @SMunirMaan]

عمران خان جوپاکستان کی تاریخ کاسب سے عظیم کرکٹر ہے انہوں نےاسکو جیل میں ڈال رکھا ہے۔اگر حکومت کےدل میں واقعی ملک کی،کرکٹ کی اورقومی وقار کی ذرا بھی حیاباقی ہوتی توآج اس عظیم ہیرو تک رسائی ناممکن نہ بنائی جاتی۔کوئی یہ تک نہیں جانتا کہ عمران زندہ بھی ہےیا نہیں۔انڈین میڈیا پر تبصرہ

[Elian Peltier @ElianPeltier]

Imran Khan’s second eye surgery in a month is fueling a standoff between his inner circle and the state. At issue: whether delayed treatment by prison authorities has compromised the former PM’s sight. https://t.co/Y1opx8SJz7

[NDTV @ndtv]

Imran Khan Loses 85% Vision After "Inhuman" Abuse In Pakistani Jail https://t.co/eRxbQEGhoW