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[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.

[Blessed by God @FKHANZ1]

@pasha_samina They both are same @pasha_samina don’t get fool.

[Blessed by God @FKHANZ1]

@NicoleJenes1 @NicoleJenes1 I was waiting for your comment. Congratulations.

[Blessed by God @FKHANZ1]

@mishilicious @shakeeljanju They are not of any decent caliber to reply @mishilicious by replying you are giving people like these some dignity and honour. So just ignore ppl like these.

[Blessed by God @FKHANZ1]

@mishilicious @pmlnymt8585 @abdul_r66142 @a555bk @AhsanA39078 @ArshadYaqoob15 @cutehunmee @IphRakhaN @summandar01 @KashmalaMurad37 @KattaNews5 @As01Ra @MusrratRukhsana They are not of any decent caliber to reply @mishilicious by replying you are giving people like these some dignity and honour. So just ignore ppl like these.

[Blessed by God @FKHANZ1]

@cyalm Only if your master approve your proposal @cyalm it’s only possible if IK in power, at least he will try like he tried before to get discounted oil from Russia. Jokers in power change their nappies after approval.

[Blessed by God @FKHANZ1]

@MarioNawfal You can start the war but end is not known @MarioNawfal and I personally don’t think it’s not in his hands, someone else is calling shots, he is just an executor.

[Blessed by God @FKHANZ1]

@tariqmateen She is playing smart and showing sympathy, she cannot name khumeni directly because masters will be angry and she will also show this chaos in future to masters to say no to do more @tariqmateen @MaryamNSharif

[Blessed by God @FKHANZ1]

@Sajwani You forgot to mention US in between.

[Blessed by God @FKHANZ1]

@zoemalyks_chai Just here to appreciate @zoemalyks_chai

[Blessed by God @FKHANZ1]

@meherbokhari Looks like you are in rush to get kashif back to his job or Dirty Harry or similar character got some weak point of yours @meherbokhari

[Blessed by God @FKHANZ1]

@meherbokhari @meherbokhari you are telling this all as a journalist or well connected? His family MUST tell all this at first, who are you to tell this. Tomorrow his death news you will tell like this. Have some honour in earning money.

[Blessed by God @FKHANZ1]

@B0oTaOfficial Point you both are missing, he also acted on Uncle Sam order @B0oTaOfficial @sahmed850

[Blessed by God @FKHANZ1]

@pasha_samina @pasha_samina just for guidance /feedback, most of the people they don’t have time to watch typical half hour or an hour news and analysis rather just punch lines they watch that’s y ppl on X gives you more followIng and appreciations.

[UN Special Procedures @UN_SPExperts]

#Pakistan: Bushra Bibi Khan, the wife of former Pakistani prime minister #ImranKhan is being detained in circumstances that could pose a serious risk to her physical & mental integrity — UN expert on torture urges immediate action to address the situation.
https://t.co/QNk31jxzS5

[Yalda Hakim @SkyYaldaHakim]

Imran Khan’s sons, Kasim & Sulaiman, say they’re worried they’ll never see their father again and described his conditions in prison as a “death cell”. Watch my full interview on YouTube and my show at 9pm UK time on ⁦@SkyNews⁩

[Jared Genser @JaredGenser]

In addition to the petition for @ImranKhanPTI, we also submitted a petition to the @UN #SpecialRapporteur on #Torture regarding #BushraImranKhan for her sister and expect the SRT’s office to also engage on her behalf in due course. @soulful7867 @sayedzbukhari @PTIofficial. https://t.co/TozXNfQ5I2

[UN Special Procedures @UN_SPExperts]

#Pakistan: Imran Khans solitary confinement and inhumane detention conditions must end - UN expert. Prolonged or indefinite solitary confinement is prohibited under int'l human rights law – and when it extends longer than 15 days, it's a form of #torture.
https://t.co/m2Re8Yhyc0

[Blessed by God @FKHANZ1]

@mishilicious @SaifUll69361624 Ignore them @mishilicious , you give them coverage indirectly and either they do this intentionally or they are ignorant.

[Blessed by God @FKHANZ1]

@khurramzeeshan I think one should start putting jail supervisor and colonel, their family name l, pictures and address, to put on pressure and they will know public will not leave and can also boost them to not don’t follow illegal orders.