Australian man’s jail sentence for writing critical letter to Pakistan military a ‘torment’ for family

Family of Hasan Askree, 53, who was jailed for five years in 2020, say case is a grave miscarriage of justice

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The incarceration of a Pakistani-Australian man in a high security Pakistani prison has been a “torment” for his ageing parents, his family says.

Hasan Askree, 53, was sentenced to five years in prison in 2020 for writing a critical letter to a military official, a case his family says is opaque and constitutes a grave miscarriage of justice.

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