Former Pakistan PM Khan arbitrarily detained: UN panel
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Geneva: A panel of UN experts have determined that the detention of former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan was arbitrary and in violation of inter...
Geneva: A panel of UN experts have determined that the detention of former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan was arbitrary and in violation of international law, calling for him to be released "immediately".
In an opinion published Monday, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention raised serious concerns around multiple cases brought against Khan since he was ousted in April 2022.
It found that his deprevation of liberty violated a string of international laws and norms, and was "arbitrary".
Khan's "detention had no legal basis and appears to have been intended to disqualify him from running for political office", the working group concluded.
"Thus, from the outset, that prosecution was not grounded in law and was reportedly instrumentalised for a political purpose," it said in the opinion, which was dated on March 25 but only made public on Monday.