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August 5th marks two years of arbitrary detention for former Prime Minister Imran Khan Global protests in major cities by overseas Pakistanis against Imran Khan’s illegal incarceration Countrywide protests in Pakistan against Asim Munir’s dictatorship and Imran Khan’s unjust imprisonment

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00:00August 5th has marked two years since the detention of Pakistan's most popular political

00:12leader, former Prime Minister Imran Khan, following a predetermined, unjust verdict

00:17by Judge Dilawra in a kangaroo court.

00:19Mr Khan was initially held in a high-security prison in Attac, where he was denied his basic

00:24fundamental rights, which are accorded to every prisoner in keeping with the jail manual.

00:29In October of 2023, Imran Khan was moved to Rawalpindi's maximum security at Yala Jail,

00:34where he was locked away in a tiny windowless cell where he has recently faced severe violations

00:39of the United Nations' Nelson Mandela rules.

00:43The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detentions determined that Mr Khan's incarceration

00:48is unlawful, arbitrary and politically motivated.

00:52A high turnout and high passion were witnessed in several cities around the world as overseas

00:57Pakistanis responded to Imran Khan's call for global protests.

01:02The injustice against the hero of Pakistan that has made his country proud all over the

01:05world is being recognized.

01:08Protesters demanded an end to human rights violations including transnational repression and the

01:13release of all political prisoners including the arbitrarily detained former Prime Minister,

01:18cricketing hero and philanthropist Imran Khan.

01:20A record-breaking protest took place at 10 Downing Street, London.

01:25Many other cities in Europe including Paris, Brussels, Athens, Frankfurt, Brescia, Amsterdam,

01:32Oslo, Stockholm and Dublin held protests throughout the week.

01:36In North America, large protests were held in several major cities including Mississauga,

01:41New York, Calgary, Houston, Dallas, Sacramento and in front of the Pakistan Embassy in Washington,

01:45India.

01:46Pakistani Americans came together in Chicago for a huge car rally that saw hundreds of

01:51vehicles displaying pictures of Imran Khan along with Pakistan and PTI flags.

02:04Hundreds of thousands of supporters of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan rallied across

02:08the country to demand his release on the second anniversary of his imprisonment.

02:13Hundreds of peoples were arrested a day before the call for nationwide protests, numerous

02:18homes were invaded in midnight raids and party supporters were forced to sign affidavits

02:23that they would not join protests.

02:25PTI's MNAs were locked inside the parliament to prevent them from joining party workers.

02:31Party leaders, including the elderly Rehana Dar, were violently arrested in Punjab under

02:36the illegitimate Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz's watch.

02:39Police officers armed with heavy bamboo batons were seen smashing the windows of vehicles

02:44of Imran Khan's supporters.

02:46Despite the regime's brutality, Pakistanis from across the country creme out in droves to

02:51demand the release of the country's most popular political leader and the return of their stolen

02:55mandate.

02:56While the local media was made to blackout visuals and news of the protests, international media

03:01has widely reported on these protests.

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