Reports have been received by IHRC that mobile police units in Zaria have fired on the annual Al-Quds Day march in Zaria, Kaduna State, Northern Nigeria.
“It is true that government is planning to attack us. That is why they sent seven vans full of mobile police to my area of residence, Gyellesu.They are planning to bomb my house in the event that I resist arrest.”
Heavy fighting continued overnight between the Nigerian military and members of a radical Islamist sect in the northern town of Maiduguri.
Chairman: “IHRC has continued to receive widespread recognition for its work this year and to end on a positive note, I am pleased to announce that in July 2007 Islamic Human Rights Commission received Special Consultative status with the United Nations.”
Following the death of a popular Sunni cleric in Sokoto, Shia community is persecuted in the region at the hands of Nigerian security forces.
The latest campaign pack available for download is ‘The Moroccan 12.’ It brings to light the extraordinary suffering of twelve students in Morocco who have been imprisoned for the past fifteen years.
IHRC is holding a panel discussion to look at what changes have occurred in the suppression of dissent and resistance, if any, since 9/11.
28th July 2003 sees the 14th anniversary of the kidnap of Sheikh Abdulkareem Obaid by the Israeli Defence Force. IHRC is asking campaigners to renew their call for his release.
