The imprisonment of Imran Khan: 'It’s hard to know, in the dark hours, what he’s going through'

There was a familiar determination in the eyes of the young man addressing the United Nations Human Rights Council late last month.“My father… is the primary target of a regime that treats dissent not as political disagreement, but as a grave crime to be crushed,” he said.“He is being held in a solitary confinement cell — a cell built for death row inmates. UN experts have warned that the inhumane conditions could amount to torture. This is not neglect: it’s a deliberate persecution designed to strip a human being of his dignity.”Advertisement