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NIGERIA: SHEIKH ZAKZAKY CAMPAIGN RESOURCES – How to contact your Minister of Foreign Affairs

22 July 2019

[updated, 06 August and 24 July 2019] Contact the Minister of Foreign Affairs in your country; more campaign details.

Background

Requested Action

Model email

Recipient addresses

Background

The courts in Nigeria have ordered Sheikh Zakzaky’s release for urgent medical treatment abroad (5 August), however they remain in custody.

World-wide demonstrations continue to demand justice for the Sheikh and Mallimah Zeenah. Peaceful demonstrators in July in Abuja calling for the release of Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, Mallima Zeenah and all unjustly detained prisoners, were met with deadly violence from police and security forces. For more information please visit this page.

Requested Action

Please look at the five things you need to know and do alert, if you haven’t already. Those of you also wishing to contact the Minister of Foreign Affairs in your country can do so using the addresses below. A model email is also provided should you wish to use it. Please keep all correspondence polite.

Model Email

Subject: Immediate intervention in the deteriorating situation in Nigeria

Dear [insert the name of your Minister for Foreign Affairs here],

The continued violence used by the Nigerian authorities against peaceful, law abiding protestors calling for the release of Sheikh El-Zakzaky, must be stopped now. As many as 12 people were killed in July, including a senior police officer and a journalist, all killed by police fire.

I write to ask your office to make immediate interventions with the Nigerian authorities demanding they desist. Your office must seriously consider what punitive actions you can take unilaterally as well as part of international organisations, if necessary, in order to facilitate Nigeria’s compliance with basic human rights standards.

I trust you will make immediate representations.

I look forward to your response.

Yours sincerely,

[Your name]

Email addresses of recipients

Selected names and email addresses of Ministers of Foreign Affairs can be found below. Please contact us info@ihrc.org if you have trouble finding the details of your country’s Minister.

Australia

Senator Marise Payne

Minister for Foreign Affairs

Senator.Payne@aph.gov.au

Bangladesh

HE Mr. AK Abdul Momen, MP

Foreign Minister

fm@mofa.gov.bd

Bolivia

Diego Pary

Minister of Foreign Affairs

mreuno@rree.gob.bo