Today Imaan and Hadi complete 100 days of illegal incarceration.
Their appeals at the Islamabad High Court and Supreme Court of Pakistan have yet to be heard.
Their “crime”? Speaking up for the marginalised, the destitute.
Please continue to keep them in your prayers.
Pakistanis are greeting members of the Iranian delegation like they are superheroes. Despite a massive security blanket, whoever is allowed to be there is lining up just to shake their hands outside. This doesn’t normally happen beyond the standard door entry photo op & presser
Why is the Chief Justice of the Islamabad High Court not listening to the appeal filed by the lawyers of Imaan and Hadi? It’s been 66 days today since they’ve been behind bars in a sham trial that violated all rules and due process.
#ReleaseImaanAndHadi
Today @ImaanZHazir@AdvHadiali 66th day of illegal incarceration bec of illegal conviction order. Now ihc cj violating all rules & due process by sitting on early hearing appeals. For Majoka & Dogar it has always been abt fulfilling vengeance agendas not justice. #ReleaseImaanAndHadi
Today marks 60 days since 2 of the most courageous and prominent human rights defenders of Pakistan have been behind bars on frivolous charges and an illegal conviction.
#ReleaseImaanAndHadi
60 days of Imaan and Hadi’s unjust incarceration.
Punishing human rights defenders means silencing countless voices that rely on fearless advocates to get heard - from families of the forcibly disappeared to the most vulnerable sections of society.
#ReleaseImaanAndHadi
Please keep our dearest Imaan and Hadi in your thoughts and prayers as they spent Eid behind bars on frivolous charges and an illegal conviction.
It’s been almost 60 days and their appeal hasn’t been heard by the Islamabad High Court.
If you silently watch the govt fill its prisons with lawyers and activists, know this: when your turn comes, there won’t be anyone left to speak for you. You don’t have to break the law to be imprisoned here. You need only cross an arbitrary line and PECA take cares of the rest. Imaan and Hadi were jailed for tweeting 55 days ago. #ReleaseImaanAndHadi
#Pakistan: The conviction of human rights lawyers Imaan Mazari and Hadi Ali Chattha over social media activity goes against freedom of expression and independence of lawyers. These are not only key democratic principles but also part of 🇵🇰 international human rights commitments.
How Imaan-Hadi Conviction Marks the Death of Fair Trial in Pakistan
@FariehaAziz writes for Dissent Today on Imaan and Hadi's conviction under PECA. https://t.co/9e29AHlCaq
but the powers to be must not forget that history repeats itself and that times change and their draconian and brutal tactics will come back to haunt them one day.
Please continue to keep Imaan and Hadi in your thoughts and prayers (2/2)
Women have always been the conscience of democracy in this country and lawyers like Imaan and Hadi have consistently and constantly maintained the sanctity of their uniform and profession and I have no doubt that they will come out of this much stronger (1/2)
🚨🚨#BREAKING: Additional district & session judge Afzal Majoka sentenced 10, 10 years imprisonment to Prominent human rights defenders @ImaanZHazir and @AdvHadiali in absentia in controversial tweets case registered under draconian #PECA law by the #NCCIA.
The #JIRGA ordered their murder. Jirga members of today are not poor villagers--they are well-connected powerbrokers, cruising in oversized jeeps, flaunting guns as badges of honour! Go after them like they went after Bano & Ahsanullah! Show their faces to the world. Focus on the enablers #Balochistanincident #Jirga #Balochistan #Bano #Ahsanullah
Sickening urban privilege that asks those whose loved ones are picked up, remain missing, turn up dead, to first condemn acts of those they bear no responsibility for. You won't so much as whisper acknowledgment about what they face daily, ever. They owe you nothing. Not a word.
Barbs of state & society pierce those who only seek answers & remain peaceful. Might of the state only for the peaceful & destitute. The more privileged classes in society sit in the comfort of homes, behind screens maliciously drawing false equivalences. https://t.co/j24tfqWnka
Hello @grok - where and how can we also get the Nobel Prize? Please guide. Willing to pay a small amount for it. And if 5-6 of my friends also join me and are offered a Nobel, will we get a discount? Thank you in advance.
While doing my PhD, I was invited to a lavish dinner at the Savoy, London, where a High Commission official offered me awards, even a Nobel, if I wrote against my state and backed its enemies.
Funny how recognition often comes when you serve their agenda.
Congratulations Iman!
Can’t think of a more deserving person to win this award than the incredibly courageous @ImaanZHazir - so proud of you. May you continue to shine and may you continue to do your phenomenal work.
Incredibly proud of @ImaanZHazir for winning the World Expression Forum Young Inspiration Award for her fearless courage & inspiring a generation of young people, giving them hope when there is little left. Powerful description of her work by @mariaressa:
Tahira Abdullah was categoric in saying they were told it was a S. 144 violation but they did not commit one and it was just the two of them (S. 144 applies to 3 or more). She insisted this should be publicly known so no fabricated charges are cooked up.
https://t.co/0BPJZCWZEE
Why is the state arresting a 70 year old woman for showing solidarity with Gaza? Release Tahira Abdullah and Samina Omar Asghar both of who have been arrested for exercising their basic democratic right.