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UN Experts Condemn Convictions of Imaan Mazari, Hadi Chattha, Say Free Expression Is Not a Crime
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UN Experts Condemn Convictions of Imaan Mazari, Hadi Chattha, Say Free Expression Is Not a Crime

Five United Nations human rights experts have strongly criticised the convictions of Pakistani lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and her husband Hadi Ali Chattha, arguing that their prison sentences undermine fundamental freedoms and legal rights, according to a joint statement. The Islamabad sessions court last month sentenced the couple to a combined 17 years in jail...