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
Dr. Hatem Bazian is a lecturer in the Departments of Near Eastern and Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies, Editor-in-Chief of the Islamophobia Studies Journal and Director of the Islamophobia Research and Documentation Project Center for Race and Gender at the University of California, Berkeley.
Police used tear gas, water cannon and dogs to disperse the peaceful demonstration in the capital Abuja
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.
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The move follows the expiry of the deadline for the release of the couple set by a federal high court judge on 2 December 2016
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