HRW ex-head objects prosecuting Imran Khan in military court

Former executive director of Human Rights Watch Kenneth Roth said that the government’s move to prosecute PTI Chairman Imran Khan in military courts is a “virtual admission that the case against him is weak”.

“Civilians should be prosecuted only in independent and impartial civilian courts,” he said.

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Roth added that Pakistan’s military courts, which he said used secret procedures that deny due process rights, should not be used to prosecute civilians, even for alleged crimes against the military.

For the Pakistani government to threaten to prosecute Imran Khan in compromised military courts is a virtual admission that the "case" against him is weak. If he really did something wrong, why not prosecute him in independent civilian courts? https://t.co/YC0mywJEpv

— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) May 31, 2023