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Pakistan's Imran Khan's unjust imprisonment is not because of any plausible evidence of corruption or criminality. Its a politically motivated vendetta. It stems from a personal grudge held by Pakistan's current Army Chief General Asim Munir, there is bad blood between him and Khan, not because of what Khan did wrong, but because of what he tried to do right. Imran Khan was Prime Minister of Pakistan from 2018 to 2022. In October 2018 he approved the appointment of Lieutenant General Asim Munir as head of the powerful Inter Services Intelligence agency (also known as ISI) but after only about eight months in June 2019 Khan removed him from that powerful post and shifted him to command a corps in Gujranwala. The military gave no public reason for the sudden change at the time. Khan has always denied that the decision had anything to do with corruption allegations involving his wife Bushra Bibi. He called such claims completely false, meanwhile some orders have told me that Khan had serious concerns over the Genral "working eigh foriegn services" remember, it was Imran Khan who exposed the massive CIA influence in Pakistan, and called out its operators. Khan was removed as Prime Minister in April 2022 through a no confidence vote in parliament. He called it an imported regime change backed by hidden forces. Soon after that, (unsurprisingly), Asim Munir was appointed Chief of Army Staff in November 2022. Khan was then, again unsurprisingly arrested in May 2023 and has been in Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi since August 2023. He faces a long list of cases. These including obviously manufactured or flawed accusations that he illegally sold or kept expensive state gifts received as Prime Minister the Toshakhana references. There is also the cypher case about a secret diplomatic document. Plus charges linked to the violent protests by his supporters on 9 May 2023 when military installations were attacked. Several other graft marriage validity and terrorism related cases were filed too. It all seems like a complex Web of Lawfare and supposition. Some of the convictions against him have been suspended or overturned on appeal but fresh sentences and pending trials have kept him locked up. As of today, 17th of April 2026, he remains in jail serving time on various "corruption" convictions. Khan and his party insist all these cases are fake and politically motivated. They point directly at General Asim Munir as the person behind what they describe as selective prosecution and pressure on the courts. Khan has repeatedly said Munir is acting out of personal revenge for being removed as ISI chief years earlier. He has even claimed that Munir is extending this vendetta to harsh treatment of his wife Bushra Bibi who has also spent time in prison on related charges. Meanwhile, the international community is silent on the detention of a man who would, if polls are believed, sweep into power in a free and fair election in Pakistan. Ask yourself 2 questions, if Khan was a pro western leader, who hadn't challenged foreign influence and corruption in Pakistan, would he be imprisoned today? And finally, why is the dubious imprisonment of a globally recognised political leader essentially absent from western headlines? You decide.

An Israeli analyst confirms accounts of Palestinians being raped and sexually assaulted using dogs at Israeli detention sites, citing two guards he spoke with at Sde Teiman torture prison. “One had witnessed it and said it was too awful to describe. The other said he had heard about it from others and believed it was true.” Ben-Ephraim shares documented cases by various human rights groups below. “This happened. This is still happening. The evidence is overwhelming,” he notes.

Some have said that claims that Israel uses dogs to sexually abuse prisoners are antisemitic blood libels. Unfortunately, there is a good deal of evidence. The organizations that confirmed this include B’Tselem, Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor, Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, Council on American-Islamic Relations. Here is the testimony of survivors: 1) "Nihad" (50-year-old father, Ofer Prison): In an interview with Anadolu Agency, Nihad testified that during a pre-dawn raid on January 14, 2024, Israeli soldiers ordered a police dog to sexually assault him. He described it as "the most painful moments of my life" and noted that the assault left him with deep physical wounds and long-term trauma. 2) "A.A." (35-year-old father, Sde Teiman): Arrested from Al-Shifa Hospital in March 2024, A.A. told the PCHR that soldiers took him to a corridor away from cameras, stripped him naked, and unleashed dogs that urinated on him before one dog raped him anally for approximately three minutes. He emphasized that the dog appeared "trained" and "knew exactly what it was doing". 3) "Halim Salem" (Pseudonym, West Bank Detainee): Testified to Middle East Eye that while he was forced to kneel with his head in a toilet, guards brought in a dog that "mounted and raped" him. He recalled that when he screamed, the guards beat him for "disturbing the dog". 4) "Wajdi" (43-year-old, Gaza Detainee): Recounted to the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor that during interrogation, he was tied naked to a metal bed and raped by both a soldier and a dog while other soldiers filmed and mocked him. 5) Mohammed Arab (Al Araby TV Correspondent): While detained at Sde Teiman, he told his lawyer he witnessed soldiers forcing dogs to rape prisoners. He stated, "They teach their dogs to have sex with prisoners. Can you imagine?". 6) 18-year-old Gazan Detainee (Sde Teiman): Testified to PCHR that while he and other captives were being raped with bottles by soldiers, there was "also a dog behind us, as if the dog was raping us," serving as a form of extreme psychological and physical humiliation. 7) 48-year-old Detainee (Al-Shifa/Military Outpost): Reported witnessing a dog maul another man’s genitals until the victim bled to death in his arms. 8) The Committee to Protect Journalists and Middle East Monitor have collected dozens of testimonies from journalists who reported being subjected to "dog attacks" and sexualized torture during their detention. I talked to two guards in Sde Teiman, on more than one occasion. One had seen this happen and said it was too awful to talk about. The other said that he had heard about it from others and believed it was true. This happened. This is happening still. The evidence is too overwhelming.

Here is the list of the MPs who were officers and supporters of Labour Friends of Israel before it suddenly removed this page from its website.

Pete Hegseth quoted a fake Bible verse from Pulp Fiction during a Pentagon sermon.

A horrifying video shared by the Nabatieh Emergency Services of today’s repeated and consecutive Israeli strikes on at least 3 different paramedic groups responding to a strike site in southern Lebanon, killing least 4 paramedics. Over 91 health workers killed since March 2.

Netanyahu attacks Europe: Europe is losing control of its identity, infected with deep moral weakness.

NHS staff have been told they might lose their jobs if they criticise NHS England’s controversial £330m contract with IDF-contractor Palantir. According to the FT, an analytics officer who had raised concerns about Palantir’s Federal Data Platform (FDP) was told by a senior NHS official: “If you criticise the FDP one more time, you are going to lose your job.” “I know I am not the only one inside the NHS who has been warned off criticising the tool publicly,” the analytics officer added. In January 2024, Palantir announced a strategic partnership with the Israeli government to support “war-related missions”, meaning its tools are being used in a genocide. It also provides technology to immigration enforcement in the US, and founder Peter Thiel has provided financial backing to Donald Trump. Citing ethical concerns, the British Medical Association (BMA) has instructed union members not to adopt Palantir’s Federal Data Platform. In February, BMA chair Tom Dolphin told the British Medical Journal: “Given Palantir’s track record, including controversies in the US involving immigration enforcement and the risks to patient trust, data security, and NHS independence, we believe there must be a complete break from Palantir technologies in the NHS and no further contracts awarded.” But staff told the FT that NHS organisations are under pressure to sign up voluntarily to the Palantir data system. Technicians working on alternative systems have been told to stop in their tracks. “When letters go out saying, ‘Sign this or we’ll call your chief executive’, that doesn’t build goodwill,” said an analytics official. “It creates compliance, not commitment.” Palantir boasts contracts across British public services, with its technology already embedded in the police and the military. Last month, two anonymous Ministry of Defence officials told journalists at the Nerve that Palantir’s deepening knowledge of the British state poses “a national security threat to the UK”. 123 out of 205 NHS hospital trusts have already adopted Palantir’s data system.