
PRESS RELEASE – Nigeria: Arrests ensue after ban on Nigerian Islamic Movement
Arrests of worshippers and leaders underway
Arrests of worshippers and leaders underway
IHRC condemns yesterday’s announcement by the Kaduna state government in Nigeria to proscribe the country’s Islamic Movement (IMN).
The detention of Sheikh Zakzaky and his wife has descended into the theatre of the absurd
Last week the University of California Berkeley backtracked on a heavily criticised decision to ban a course on Palestine.
Tens of thousands of supporters of Sheikh Zakzaky took part in the procession in the capital today but countless others were stopped by armed forces
Within 30 minutes of the procession starting, soldiers flanked by police fired tear gas grenades into the crowds
In Geneva on Friday, 30 September
Decolonial International Network calls upon Chancellor Dirks to undo the suspension and return to the tradition of academic debate that Berkeley has been famous for.
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