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Helping Pakistan's Forgotten Prisoners

Haya Zahid is a top human rights lawyer fighting for justice in Pakistan’s prisons

Haya Zahid is one Pakistan’s top human rights lawyers. She was destined for a glittering and lucrative career in corporate law but threw it all away to help thousands of people who’d suffered miscarriages of justice. Haya started working on human rights issues when she was 18 years old and befriended a woman her age who had been wrongfully convicted. (Picture courtesy of Haya Zahid.)

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