Their father is not allowed to meet his doctor, and access to lawyers is also extremely limited. Qasim Khan
Imran Khan’s detention is declared arbitrary and illegal, and immediate release under international law, compensation demanded, UN Human Rights Working Group
Staff Reporter, Daily Dawn, Dawn TV, OK TV Report
London: Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s son Qasim Khan has said that his father is being kept in solitary confinement in Adiala Jail, where the conditions are so bad that it seems that he is in a ‘death cell’, where death row prisoners are kept.
26-year-old Qasim Khan further said that his father has not been allowed to meet his doctor, and access to lawyers is also limited.
He said: ‘The condition in which my father is being kept is extremely harsh. He is basically locked up in a death cell, where there is no standard of cleanliness and no proper facilities. He has not been allowed to see his personal doctor for almost a year.’
‘There was a time when we, his children, could not speak to him even once for six months. All this is being done to physically torture him and break him mentally, but despite all this, he is steadfast, holding on to his faith and belief in the people of Pakistan, democracy and the rule of law.’
‘It is extremely difficult to see our father being treated like this. He sacrificed everything for his country. Now it is extremely painful to see him locked up in a death cell.’
Maryam Riaz Wattoo, sister of Imran Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi, said that representing Imran Khan and his wife, she, Qasim, and Suleman have filed two new appeals with the UN Special Rapporteur on the issue of violence against couples.
These appeals have raised allegations of torture and inhumane treatment during detention.
Earlier, a UN human rights working group had described Imran Khan’s detention as arbitrary and unlawful and demanded his immediate release and compensation under international law.
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