3 September 2019 PRESS RELEASE A United Nations report has criticised a leaked directive from the chief of police in Nigeria which has sparked fears that the authorities are preparing to use the impending anniversary of Ashura to escalate a bloody crackdown against the country’s
Couple return to Nigeria but where have they been taken by security? IHRC is deeply concerned regarding the safety and security of Sheikh El-Zakzaky and his wife Mallimah Zeenah who were returned under Nigerian security control to Abuja today from India. IHRC is calling on
India government becomes enforcer for Buhari regime For immediate release 14 August 2019 [11.10 (UK time)] IHRC is deeply concerned that the Indian government appears to acting as a policeman in the Kaduna district of Nigeria. They appear to have collaborated with Nigerian security services.
The following press kit provide background papers presented at the Fifth World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES) conference in July 2018. The papers provide (i) an overview of the background of the movement (Caterina Aiena); a discussion of how the ‘Shia’ label and narrative
Today’s decision by the Indian government to revoke the special status of occupied Kashmir is a setback to peace efforts and institutionalises further the persecution of its inhabitants. IHRC considers the move to be a further expression of Hindutva nationalism and a sop to its
PRESS RELEASE: IHRC welcomes the decision of the Kaduna State High Court this morning granting bail to Sheikh Ibrahim el-Zakzaky and his wife to leave Nigeria in order to receive urgent medical treatment. While the decision does not exonerate the pair, it is nevertheless an
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PRESS RELEASE IHRC is gravely concerned about the deteriorating human rights situation in Azerbaijan one year after bloody riots erupted in the country’s second largest city, Genje. The unrest was triggered by graphic images posted on social media showing horrific injuries sustained by Yunis Safarov,
29 July 2019 PRESS RELEASE: Attempts to secure the release of the embattled leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim el-Zakzaky, have suffered a fresh setback with the adjournment of a court hearing today that was due to decide whether he should be
