TURKISH FASCISM ASCENDANT

January 16, 1998

IHRC calls for international condemnation over closing down of Welfare Party

NIGERIA STEPS UP OPPRESSION AS COMMONWEALTH REFUSES TO TAKE ACTION House of imprisoned Muslim leader raided during children’s lessons today, and further raid threatened

October 27, 1997

The house of Mu’allim Ibrahim Al-Zakzaky, leader of the Muslim opposition in Nigeria, was raided today at 4.30 p.m. local time.

COMMONWEALTH SECRETARY-GENERAL COVERS UP FOR NIGERIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES Trial of the Zaria Four to resume: grave concerns for their safety

October 21, 1997

Trial of the Zaria Four set to resume two days before Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in which the fate of Nigeria and other miscreant nations will be discussed.

Human Rights Abuses in Nigeria: September 1996 – October 1997, Addendum

October 21, 1997

In addition to the abuses outlined in our previous report, there are now confirmed the following atrocities committed by the Nigerian police force and authorities in the period September 1996 – March 1997

NIGERIAN JUNTA TRY ZARIA FOUR

August 19, 1997

International Community does nothing as opposition leader and colleagues are tried for expressing opinion.

FIFTY YEARS OF INTERNAL OPPRESSION

August 14, 1997

Celebrations of fifty years of the independence of India and the creation of Pakistan, serious human rights issues have been covered up by the respective governments and ignored by their Western supporters.

VIGIL FOR NIGERIAN OPPOSITION LEADER: IHRC calls on Commonwealth to take firm stance on Nigeria, and not forget Muslims

July 9, 1997

Islamic Human Rights Commission is staging the third of its vigils for the detained Muslim leader Mu’allim Ibrahim Al-Zakzaky outside the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group on Nigeria’s meeting in London on Thursday.

VIGIL AGAINST HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN INDIA

July 3, 1997

The Islamic Human Rights Commission is organising a vigil outside the Indian High Commission in London, in protest at the continued curfew imposed on Muslims in Lucknow in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India.