A Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Thursday sentenced prominent human rights lawyers Imaan Mazari and her husband, Hadi Ali Chattha, to 10 years in prison in a security breach case, her family said.
The judge announced the verdict at Adiala Jail, where the couple have been held since earlier this year. The court also imposed additional sentences of one year and two years on the couple on separate charges of obstructing and assaulting government servants. The sentences will run concurrently.
A sessions court sentenced them each to 17 years the next day under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act. police re-arrested them the same day in the security breach case Although the Supreme Court suspended those sentences on September 17.
“We will file a petition against the verdict in the Supreme Court,” Mazari’s mother said.
Mazari and Chattha have been in custody since their arrest on January 23 in a separate case over social media posts that prosecutors said were anti-state.
