Islamabad, Sept. 20 -- Human rights lawyers Imaan Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha were re-arrested in Pakistan just hours after the Supreme Court granted them bail and suspended their sentences, according to a report by Amnesty International.

As cited in the Amnesty International report, Babu Ram Pant, Amnesty International's Deputy Regional Director for South Asia, said the re-arrest "dispels any pretence" that the charges against the two lawyers are anything other than a politically motivated attempt to punish them for their human rights work.

Pant said the case demonstrates the authorities' alleged willingness to "weaponise the legal system against critical voices", while describing the latest charges against the lawyers, related t...