Geneva, Oct. 2 -- UN human rights experts have called on Pakistan to immediately release human rights lawyers Imaan Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha and withdraw what they described as unfounded criminal and terrorism-related charges against the couple.

According to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the two lawyers were rearrested on 17 September 2026 on terrorism-related charges linked to an older case, only hours after Pakistan's Supreme Court granted them bail. The case dates back to March 2025 and concerns their participation in a protest that authorities allege was illegal.

The UN experts said they had previously raised concerns over the conviction of Mazari-Hazir and Chattha, who are married, in con...