
PRESS RELEASE – Nigeria: Child killed as police shoot at Al-Quds Day demonstration
The 10 year-old was shot when police attacked the peaceful procession in a bid to stop it proceeding through the state capital

The 10 year-old was shot when police attacked the peaceful procession in a bid to stop it proceeding through the state capital


The protest, by the Academic Forum of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, is one of many such demonstrations in recent weeks to have come under attack from the authorities

The protest, by the Academic Forum of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, is one of many such demonstrations in recent weeks to have come under attack from the authorities

Marzieh Hashemi talks with the IHRC Chair on the persecution of Sheikh Zakzaky and the Islamic Movement of Nigeria.

IHRC has written to President Muhammadu Buhari asking him to release Zakzaky on medical grounds

Although Nigeria’s High Court ordered the release of the pair on 2 December 2016 after a period of detention of almost a year the order has yet to be implemented

Although Nigeria’s High Court ordered the release of the pair on 2 December 2016 after a period of detention of almost a year the order has yet to be implemented

This Side Panel Meeting during the 34th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, at the United Nations, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland focused on the 12 December 2015 Zaria Massacre and the continued detention of Sheikh Zakzaky.

Thursday, 9 March from 1.30pm – watch live on IHRC.TV




