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Michael Polak

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Michael Polak

@MichaelPolakLaw

Barrister @chctchambers @IBAnews Young Lawyer of the Year 2021 shorturl.at/fxUV7 Chair @YoungBarristers 2022 Director Justice Abroad @ExpertsAbroad.

London

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Joined June 2011

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Michael Polak
@MichaelPolakLaw
Aug 9, 2020
Joint statement with @tobycadman on 4th anniversary of the forced disappearance of Bangladeshi barrister Ahmad Bin Quasem #FreeArman #EndEnforcedDisappearances freearman.com/news/fourth-an… @mehdirhasan @alextomo @TheDavidBergman @shahidul @AJHeadtoHead @WhereAreMissing @AFAD_Updates
Michael Polak
@MichaelPolakLaw
Feb 22, 2024
It appears that Pakistani journalist Imran Riaz Khan has been subjected to abduction by the Pakistani authorities following #PakistanElection2024 @IRKsays was previously the victim of enforced dissappearance for a long period. The international community must call for his
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Michael Polak
@MichaelPolakLaw
Feb 21, 2025
Press Release: Upon instruction from the Pakistani diaspora, I have made a formal request to the Attorney General for consent to privately prosecute General Asim Munir who is currently in the United Kingdom. This is in relation to attacks on protestors, including the use of
Consent Requested from Attorney General to Prosecute Pakistani General Asim Munir who is London for...
From churchcourtchambers.co.uk
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Michael Polak
@MichaelPolakLaw
Feb 23, 2024
Today I have filed a complaint with the @UN Working Groups for Enforced Disappearances and Arbitrary Detention and Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression in relation to the journalist @ImranRiazKhan who was abducted from his home by uniformed and plain clothed
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Michael Polak
@MichaelPolakLaw
Feb 10, 2024
Pakistan Election Thread: before the election, diaspora Pakistanis @MahtabAA @MrsSFaisall @OPVoters were concerned about whether the election on 8 February 2024 would be free and fair. They requested that I undertake a review #PakistanElections2024 #Democracy (1/15)
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Michael Polak
@MichaelPolakLaw
Feb 19, 2024
"A senior official in Pakistan has admitted to election rigging amid protests breaking out across the country over claims that its general election results were unfair" #PakistanElections2024 @guardian
theguardian.com
Senior Pakistan official admits election rigging as protests grip country
Confession by Punjab commissioner exacerbates tension over legitimacy of February general election results
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Michael Polak
@MichaelPolakLaw
Feb 18, 2024
Senator @DavidShoebridge raises the fact that the conditions for a free and fair election were not in place before #PakistanElection2024 and the irregularities which have take place since and tables the report from the review I chaired with an independent panel including Senator
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Michael Polak
@MichaelPolakLaw
Feb 9, 2024
We have produced an objective report into the conditions for a free and fair election in Pakistan with four objective Parliamentarians from around the world. Evidence is emerging that not only were conditions not in place before the election for a free and fair election, but
SafinaFaisal
@MrsSFaisall
Feb 9, 2024
The Election Commission of Pakistan made a significant change to the electoral process by appointing Returning Officers (ROs) and District Returning Officers (DROs) from the ranks of the civil bureaucracy, diverging from the previous practice of selecting these officials from the
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Michael Polak
@MichaelPolakLaw
Feb 11, 2024
#PakistanElection2024 The review I chaired with international Parliamentarians @catalintenita @SenPaulStrauss @DavidShoebridge @brandonpillay1 considered the evidence about whether conditions for a free and fair election were in place in Pakistan before the election on the 8
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Michael Polak
@MichaelPolakLaw
Nov 28, 2024
In January of this year, I chaired a review into whether the conditions for a free and fair election were in place before election day with an international panel of @SenPaulStrauss from the USA, @DavidShoebridge from Australia, @catalintenita from Romania, and @brandonpillay1
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Michael Polak
@MichaelPolakLaw
Feb 7, 2024
Great to undertake this work with the secretariat diaspora @MrsSFaisall @mahtab @OPVoter who arranged for some very compelling witnesses to give evidence to the Panel of international Parliamentarians from Romania @catalintenita ; South Africa @brandonpillay1 ; Australia
ChurchCourtChambers
@ChCtChambers
Feb 7, 2024
@MichaelPolakLaw chairs independent review and publishes report into the conditions surrounding the 8 February election in Pakistan, commissioned by concerned members of the Pakistani diaspora with High Level Panel of International Parliamentarians bit.ly/3ugcdcd
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Michael Polak
@MichaelPolakLaw
Feb 10, 2024
Replying to @MichaelPolakLaw
I spoke to @AJEnglish about our report and the report can be dowloaded here churchcourtchambers.co.uk/wp-content/upl… Please note report only addresses pre-election problems. Further report may be drafted in relation to what happen on the day and after (15/15) #PakistanElections2024 #Democracy
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Michael Polak
@MichaelPolakLaw
Mar 24, 2023
Replying to @Lord_Sugar
Happy to privately prosecute
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Michael Polak
@MichaelPolakLaw
Aug 30, 2021
I am working alongside @crimegiri and a team of probono lawyers seeking to evacuate a female Judge who worked in women's rights protection and is on the @FCDOGovUK Exceptional Risk list. Please call on @DominicRaab @BorisJohnson to issue visa immediately #EvacuateHerNow
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