Lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari and her husband, Hadi Ali Chattha, have been awarded the esteemed Ludovic Trarieux International Human Rights Prize in recognition of their work for human rights and marginalised communities, it emerged on Tuesday.
Imaan and Chattha are currently serving prison terms after a district and sessions court in Islamabad convicted them earlier this year in a case related to controversial social media posts and sentenced each of them to 17 years in prison.
According to a statement issued by the Forensic Union for the Protection of Human Rights (UFDU) on June 13, the prize is considered the oldest and one of the most prestigious international honours awarded to a lawyer.