Both he and his wife, Bushra Bibi Khan, have now been denied regular access to legal counsel since December 2025. “Amnesty International urges the Pakistani authorities to unconditionally restore Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi Khan’s right to see their family and lawyers.” Imran Khan was first arrested on 9 May 2023, which resulted in mass nationwide protests, and again on 5 August 2023. Since then, in January 2025 he was acquitted in cases involving official secrets and his marriage to Bushra Bibi Khan. In 2024, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention concluded that Imran Khan’s detention was arbitrary and in violation of international human rights law.