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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.

[Sam @SamCKx]

We have got to the point where an account posting unadulterated racism can have almost 30,000 followers on X.

We are devolving as a society.

Apparently some lads can’t go walking in the Lake District simply because they are black and that opinion is acceptable to some people?

How did we allow ourselves to descend to this?

[naz asghar @nazhasghar]

@SajSadiqCricket And he knew he was OUT, hence he was at the boundary when the third umpire gave the decision

[Jemima Goldsmith @Jemima_Khan]

As my X account has been “throttled” acc to @grok - after a deal was done between @elonmusk & the Pakistani government to lift their x ban, this is a request to UK based Pakistanis an any of those who are able to read this tweet (unlike those in Pakistan) to please RT and help get this message out.

[SNEAKO @sneako]

FREE IMRAN KHAN 🇵🇰 @GovtofPakistan

[Yvonne Ridley 4 Glasgow @yvonneridley]

Isn’t it time the people of Pakistan rose up and resisted the injustices facing @ImranKhanPTI ? What would he do for you and what, through his politics and cricket, has he already done for #Pakistan’s reputation? Fight back for the love of humanity and the skipper !

[George Galloway @georgegalloway]

NOW Save the life of @ImranKhanPTI

[Craig Murray @CraigMurrayOrg]

Never forget that a major factor in Zionism being able to dominate the world has been the imprisonment of Imran Khan #ReleaseImranKhan

[Yusuf / Cat Stevens @YusufCatStevens]

Imran Khan continues to suffer ongoing hardship in a Pakistani jail - my prayers are with him. Thank God his spiritual strength is unbroken. Once, they sang his praise, he was their darling, East and West. When he demonstrated that he could not be corrupted they silenced him. This unlawful incarceration needs to come to an end.

#Peace #ImranKhanPTI #ImranKhanHealthEmemrgency #ImranKhan

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

Update:

[Kasim Khan @Kasim_Khan_1999]

We have been informed that my father, Imran Khan, has lost most of the vision in his right eye, with reports indicating only 15% eyesight remains. This is the direct consequence of 922 days of solitary confinement, medical neglect (denied blood tests) and the deliberate denial of proper treatment in jail.

The responsibility lies squarely with the regime in power, the Army Chief and the puppets enabling this cruelty. This physical deterioration is happening under their orders, their watch and their responsibility. They have manipulated and warped the justice system in order to keep my father in solitary confinement.

My brother and I are still being denied visas to see our father as his health deteriorates. History will record this injustice.

We urge human rights bodies, legal institutions and democratic nations to confront this persecution and ensure those responsible face consequences.

[Anwar El Ghazi @elghazi1995]

The oppression remains, the daily killings remain, the apartheid remains, the illegal occupation remains, the genocidal ideology remains and the tears of children still flow as they battle hunger sheltering amongst rubble.

Proud of Pep Guardiola for showing humanity and integrity when so many have been silent.

We cannot stop until Palestine and its people are free.

[Kasim Khan @Kasim_Khan_1999]

My brother and I are trying to travel to Pakistan to see our father. For 914 days, he has been held in solitary confinement while his health deteriorates and he is denied access to independent medical care.

Now the government is deliberately refusing to process our visas. Denying a prisoner treatment is cruel. Denying his children the right to see him is collective punishment. I call on international human rights organisations and governments to speak out and act before irreversible harm is done.

[Barry LFC O Sullivan @NotoriousLFC]

Absolutely delighted 95% of Liverpool fans saw exactly what this was - a personal hit job on Salah. Of course he has the few % of racists that will back him.

[nazir afzal @nazirafzal]

I don’t know enough about football to comment on the Salah issue at Liverpool

I do know, however, that it’s no accident that when the media love him, he’s MO, and when they don’t they suddenly rediscover he’s Muslim

[Humza Yousaf @HumzaYousaf]

The genocide continues and not a single person has been held accountable for it.

What a disgraceful stain on our collective conscience.

[Kasim Khan @Kasim_Khan_1999]

My father has been under arrest for 845 days. For the past six weeks, he has been kept in solitary confinement in a death cell with zero transparency. His sisters have been denied every visit, even with clear court orders allowing access. There have been no phone calls, no meetings and no proof of life. Me and my brother have had no contact with our father.

This absolute blackout is not a security protocol. It is a deliberate attempt to hide his condition and prevent our family from knowing whether he is safe.

Let it be clear: the Pakistani government and its handlers will be held fully accountable legally, morally and internationally for my father’s safety and for every consequence of this inhumane isolation.

I call on the international community, global human rights organisations and every democratic voice to intervene urgently. Demand proof of life, enforce court ordered access, end this inhumane isolation and call for the release of Pakistan’s most popular political leader who is being held solely for political reasons.

[Barry Malone @malonebarry]

Gaza is slowly disappearing from the headlines. We can’t let it. Israel is still killing Palestinians. The “ceasefire” is a fiction.

[WearThePeace @WearThePeaceCo]

Saleh Aljafarawi's final message to the world.

[Eye on Palestine @EyeonPalestine]

Former Mayor of Geneva - member of the Sumud Flotilla - breaks down recalling his arrest by Israeli forces:
It was important to do something for these people.