Nigeria Digest #110

March 7, 2020

#FreeZakzaky protests continued in Abuja

In this week’s video, IHRC’s Massoud Shadjareh, answers questions on how to boycott Israeli Dates this Ramadan. From companies growing on Occupied land, to supermarket brands to “unbranded” date boxes. Find the campaign page here.

Nigeria Digest #109

February 29, 2020

Police shot dead 15Yr old #FreeZakzaky protester

GMD Schools: Resources for February and poetry competition

February 27, 2020

February is a month to remember the Forgotten Genocide in Bosnia. We believe that justice and remembrance are powerful weapons against genocide and for this reason we want to remember the anniversary of the end of the Siege of Sarajevo.

Alert: Write to your Foreign Minister to put pressure on the Nigerian authorities

February 24, 2020

Background Action required Model email Recipient addresses Background On 24th February, Sheikh Zakzaky and Mualima Zeenah had a court hearing in the Kaduna State Court which has been adjourned to 23-24 April. The Judge expressed his dissatisfaction at how the case is been handled. He

Sheikh El-Zakaky Court Updates – 24 February 2020

February 24, 2020

Updates from the resumption of the trial at Kaduna High Court follow below. For details of the campaign, how to help and the background to the trumped up charges please visit the FreeZakzaky campaign page. [12.36] The trial is adjourned until 23-24 April 2020. [11.35]

Nigeria court acquits last indicted Islamic Movement members

February 21, 2020

PRESS RELEASE: IHRC welcomes the decision by a court in Nigeria today ordering the release of the last remaining Islamic Movement members detained following a government massacre of the group’s supporters in 2015. 87 members of the movement were acquitted and discharged by the Kaduna