PTI has shared the evidence of Shahbaz Gill’s custodial torture with international human rights organizations, PTI leader and former federal minister Shireen Mazari revealed.
Taking to Twitter, Shireen Mazari said she wrote letters containing relevant evidence of Shahbaz Gill’s custodial torture to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR), European Union Special Representative for Human Rights (EUSRHR), UN Special Rapporteur for Torture, Human Rights Watch (HRW), and Amnesty International.
The PTI leader also called out local non-governmental organizations for not speaking out against Shahbaz Gill’s torture.
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“Have sent letters with all relevant evidence of custodial torture on Dr Shahbaz Gill to UNHCHR, EUSRHR, UN Special Rapporteur for torture, HRW, and Amnesty,” Shireen Mazari revealed.
“Shocking to see many local foreign-funded NGOs silent on the issue,” the PTI leader further added.
Have sent letters with all relevant evidence of custodial torture on Dr Shahbaz Gill to UNHCHR, EUSRHR, UN Special Rapporteur for torture, HRW & Amnesty. Pakistan is a signatory to the Convention Against Torture. Shocking to see many local foreign funded NGOs silent on the issue.
— Shireen Mazari (@ShireenMazari1) August 20, 2022
Earlier today, PTI leaders appeared before the police investigators to record their statements regarding the torture Shahbaz Gill has been subjected to in police custody.
More than five leaders of PTI including Fawad Chaudhry, Shireen Mazari, and others reached Central Police Line Headquarters in Islamabad’s H-11 today.
Gill subjected to ‘sexual abuse’, claims Imran
Former prime minister Imran Khan on Friday stunned the nation when he claimed that his chief of staff Dr Shahbaz Gill was sexually abused, vowing that he would leave no stone unturned to bring to justice those who were responsible for mentally and physically torturing his aide.
The PTI chairman said that he has obtained detailed information about the “inhuman treatment” meted out to Gill and questioned “who tortured Gill”, especially, when the capital’s police said it did not inflict any torture.
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“All the pictures & videos show clearly [Shahbaz] Gill was tortured both mentally & physically incl[uding] sexual abuse – most too gruesome to relate. He was humiliated to break him down,” Imran tweeted while sharing a video of Gill wherein he could be seen pleading for an oxygen mask.
All the pictures & videos show clearly Gill was tortured both mentally & physically incl sexual abuse – most too gruesome to relate. He was humiliated to break him down. I now have full detailed info. ICT police says it did not inflict any torture. So my question is: pic.twitter.com/iGNczYChnt
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) August 19, 2022