UN rights group demands immediate release of ex-Pakistani PM Imran Khan

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The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention highlights a broader campaign of repression against Khan and his PTI party ahead of the 2024 elections.

Imran Khan came to power in 2018 and was ousted in 2022 after falling out with Pakistan's military. / Photo: Reuters Archive

The Geneva-based UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention said on Monday that the"appropriate remedy would be to release Mr Khan immediately and accord him an enforceable right to compensation and other reparations, in accordance with international law." It said that in the lead-up to the 2024 elections, members of Khan's party were arrested and tortured, and their rallies were disrupted. It also alleged"widespread fraud on election day, stealing dozens of parliamentary seats."

However, he has remained in prison due to a conviction in another case in which a trial court ruled that his 2018 marriage was unlawful. Khan also faces a trial under anti-terrorism charges in connection with violence in May last year.

 

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