Imaan, Husband Rearrested After SC Bail
The Supreme Court suspended their sentences, but police rearrested the pair hours later and an Islamabad anti-terrorism court ordered 14 days' judicial remand.
- On Thursday, human rights lawyers Imaan Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha were re-arrested just hours after the Supreme Court of Pakistan suspended their sentences and ordered their release.
- The pair had served nearly eight months in detention following their January 2026 sentencing under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act for social media posts critical of authorities.
- Police took Imaan and Chattha into custody at 9:30 p.m. inside Adila Jail, Rawalpindi while their release paperwork was being processed, citing allegations of chanting "anti-government slogans."
- Rejecting a request for 30 days of physical remand, anti-terrorism court judge Abual Hasnat Muhammad Zulqarnain ordered the lawyers into 14 days of judicial custody instead.
- Amnesty International Deputy Regional Director Babu Ram Pant condemned the re-arrest as a "politically motivated attempt" to punish the lawyers for their human rights work.
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Pakistan: Rights Lawyers Rearrested after Bail
Click to expand Image Human rights lawyers Imaan Mazari (right) and Hadi Ali Chattha, during a court hearing in Islamabad, Pakistan, December 5, 2025. © 2025 Aamir Qureshi/AFP via Getty Images (New York) – Pakistani authorities on September 17, 2026, rearrested human rights lawyers Imaan Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha soon after the Supreme Court granted them bail, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should immediately release the …
Pakistan: Re-arrest of Imaan Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha is a terrible injustice
Reacting to the re-arrest of human rights lawyers Imaan Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha just hours after they had been granted bail by the Supreme Court yesterday, Babu Ram Pant, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for South Asia, said: “Imaan and Hadi’s re-arrest dispels any pretence that the charges against them are anything other than […]
Rights group slams Pakistan for re-arrest of human rights lawyers hours after SC bail
Islamabad, Sep 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Leading human rights organisation Amnesty International condemned the re-arrest of Pakistani human rights lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha just hours after Pakistan’s Supreme Court granted them bail, accusing... - Social News XYZ
Islamabad Lawyers to Boycott Courts Over Imaan, Hadi’s Rearrest
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Bar Association (IBA) has announced a boycott of court proceedings in the federal capital on Saturday to protest the rearrest of human rights lawyer Imaan Zainab Mazari and her husband, Hadi Ali Chattha. The couple was rearrested on Thursday shortly after the Supreme Court suspended their 17-year sentences under the […]
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