Today marks 3 years since Imran Khan was unjustly incarcerated.
He is still being denied basic human rights and remains in solitary confinement.
His abominable treatment is an affront to democracy. I will continue to demand the release of all political prisoners, everywhere.
"You just said it wasn't tit for tat?"
I challenged Pakistani defense minister Khawaja Asif on the ongoing imprisonment of Imran Khan, which UN experts have called arbitrary and illegal. Is it just revenge, retaliation, by the Sharifs?
Full interview: https://t.co/O4MCnkqWJJ
In the last few weeks there have been serious and concerning developments regarding my sons’ father, Imran Khan’s treatment in prison. The Pakistan authorities have stopped all visits to him by his family and his lawyers. They have also postponed all court hearings. In addition to cutting off in- person visits, and in defiance of a court order, his weekly calls to his sons, Sulaiman and Kasim Khan, who are British and who live in London, were stopped on 10th September. We have received reports that the authorities have now turned off the lights and electricity in his cell and he is no longer allowed to leave his cell at any time. The jail cook has been sent on leave. He is now completely isolated, in solitary confinement, literally in the dark, with no contact with the outside world. His lawyers are concerned about his safety and well-being.
These actions come in the context of ongoing targeting of Imran’s family, as well as his party (PTI) members and supporters in an attempt to silence them and all political opposition in Pakistan. Imran’s nephew, Hassan Niazi, a civilian, has been detained in military custody since August 2023. More recently, Imran Khan’s sisters, Uzma and Aleema Khan, who have continued to speak out on his behalf, have also been arrested as they made their way peacefully to a demonstration and they are currently being held in jail, despite there being no proper or lawful basis for their imprisonment.
In June this year the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention found that Imran is unlawfully and arbitrarily detained and called for his immediate release.
As a matter of urgency , we are calling for Imran Khan’s release, and for the release of his sisters and nephew as well as for his sons’ contact with their father to be re-established, so that they may have assurance first-hand that he is well and not being mistreated.
سابق وزير چوہدری غلام عباس اور ايڈوکيٹ احسن عباس کے حلقہ پسرور NA72 اور پی پی48 ميں پوليس کی ريڈ جاری پوليس عورتوں اور معصوم بچوں کو ہراساں کرتی رہی پوليس ايڈوکيٹ احسن عباس کی گرفتاری کیلئے رات گئے چھاپے مارتی رہی اس لاقانونیت اور فسطائیت کی شديد مزمت کرتا ہوں انشاللہ حق و سچ کی فتح ہوگی
@Arshadyousafzay پشتون تحفظ موومنٹ کو وفاقی حکومت کا بغیر کسی شنوائی کے غیر قانونی قرار دینا ایک خلاف آئین عمل ہے۔ جو وفاقی قانون ایسے استعماری حکم کی اجازت دیتا ہے وہ قانون بھی غیر آئینی ہے۔ انگریز کے دور کے حربوں کو آج جمہوری عمل کے خلاف استعمال کیا جا رہا ہے۔ آزادی اظہار و اجتماع بنیادی حق ہے۔
First they came for me;
And everyone spoke out because I was right and they were wrong.
Then they came for a political party.
And I helped them out because that party had helped them come for me first.
Then they came for the elections.
And I helped them out, because I hate the political party that would have won the elections.
Then they came for some judges.
And I helped them out, because how dare some judges embarrass me.
Then they came for the reserved seats.
And I tried to help them out, because I hate the political party that deserved them.
Then they came for the election tribunals.
And I helped them out because independent tribunals wouldn’t understand what needed to be done.
Then they came for me again.
And I don’t understand why there was no one left to speak out for me.
The fine print is explosive & very disturbing. Peshawar High Court judges have complained that when they refused to take dictation from intel-agencies & matters were decided impartially they started receiving threats from non-state actors in Afghanistan.
Retweet if you would like an open trial of Wheeler Dealer Mohsin Naqvi & his crony IG Punjab for Murder, Torture, Kidnappings, Ransacking & Interference in Electoral Process.
They ran character assassination campaigns of ppl based on fake cases but will themselves be sentenced for their own real crimes.
نو مئی کے فالس فلیگ آپریشن کو بہانہ بنا کر لوگوں کی زندگیاں تباہ کی گئیں اور سنگین ترین جرائم ہوئے جس میں قتل، اغوا، تشدد، ہزاروں گھروں کی توڑ پھوڑ اور انتخابی عمل میں مداخلت شامل ہے۔ یہ شخص ان سب کو جوابدہ ہے۔