Nigeria Digest # 11

December 2, 2017

An overview of the last two week’s events, including details of the Maulud protest in Kaduna attacked by police and an update on the fundamental rights case of IMN in Sokoto court.

PRESS RELEASE – Nigeria: International Criminal Court urged to prevent Nigerian authorities exhuming massacre victims from mass graves

December 1, 2017

It is imperative that any exhumation does not go ahead under the authority of the Nigerian government or army, as vital evidence will be removed or destroyed

Letter to the ICC regarding the preservation of Zaria massacre-evidence

November 30, 2017

We have been reliably informed that the Nigerian government is planning to exhume the mass graves of IMN members killed during the 2015 attack in Zaria

PRESS RELEASE – UK: OFSTED condones and promotes anti-Muslim discrimination

November 29, 2017

The fact that only the religious practice of Muslims was singled out clearly indicates the discriminatory nature of the proposal

Letter to Amanda Spielman regarding interrogation of hijab-wearing students

November 29, 2017

We believe that this new recommendation to your inspectors violates the rights of young children

PRESS RELEASE: UK – Donald Trump voted Islamophobe of the Year

November 27, 2017

Donald Trump has won the accolade for the second year in a row

Pope arrives in Myanmar amid Rohingya crisis

November 27, 2017

Arzu Merali discusses Myanmar and the Rohingya

An overview of the last two week’s events, including details of activities marking the second year of horrendous Zaria massacre, protests in Abuja, recent IMN press conferences, and reflections by IMN members recalling the Zaria massacre.