Balochistan, Oct. 30 -- Baloch Voice for Justice has strongly condemned the sentencing of prominent human rights lawyers Imaan Mazari and Hadi Ali Chatha to 10 years in prison each by an Anti-Terrorism Court in Islamabad, raising concerns over judicial independence and the freedom to defend human rights in Pakistan, according to a statement shared by the organisation on X.

In its post, Baloch Voice for Justice said Pakistan's judicial system had increasingly become a tool for suppressing dissent rather than delivering justice. It described the sentencing of the two lawyers, who have represented victims of enforced disappearances and expressed solidarity with Baloch and Pashtun activists, as a matter raising serious questions about the im...