NIGERIA: Dawn of a new era

June 4, 1999

Weekly Round-Up – IRINWA

NIGERIA: Turmoil for Muslims continues as female protestor shot dead by police

January 23, 1999

One female protestor, Haleema Umar Yaawuri, a mother of two infants in her twenties was killed in this incident.

NIGERIA FREES MUSLIM LEADER IHRC calls for the release of all prisoners of faith

December 18, 1998

Mu’allim Ibrahim Al-Zakzaky, the leader of Nigeria’s Islamic opposition was released from prison today, over two years after his arrest. He and three others on trial with him known altogether as the Zaria Four, were arrested in September 1996

NIGERIA UPDATE & ALERT

November 27, 1998

IHRC welcomes the announcement by the UN Special Rapporteur for Nigeria, that he will be visiting Mu’allim Ibrahim Al-Zakzaky, leader of the Islamic opposition, who has been imprisoned since September 1996.

NO CONCESSIONS FOR NIGERIA UNTIL BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS RESTORED

October 9, 1998

Mixed reaction from human rights group after Commonwealth meeting.

A briefing on the human rights situation in Nigeria as of October 1998, for Commonwealth Foreign Ministers

October 5, 1998

The Islamic Human Rights Commission is deeply concerned about the continuing human rights abuses in Nigeria under the leadership of General Abdulsalami Abubakar.

URGENT ALERT: COMMONWEALTH FOREIGN MINISTERS TO MEET NIGERIAN FOREIGN MINISTER 8/9 OCTOBER 1998

October 5, 1998

IHRC is deeply concerned that the Commonwealth is hosting a meeting between the Commonwealth country Foreign Ministers, and the Nigerian Foreign Minister this week in London, UK.