Violence aimed at quelling protests aimed at the release of Sheikh Ibrahim el-Zakzaky and his wife Mallima Zeenah is continuing in Nigeria ahead of the couple’s scheduled appearance in court tomorrow. At least one person, Muhsin Jafar, was killed in the capital yesterday when police

PRESS RELEASE Police have shot and killed two protestors in the Nigerian capital demonstrating against the continued detention of Sheikh Ibrahim el-Zakzaky and his wife Mallima Zeenah after their trial was adjourned again today. Reports from the Maitama district of Abuja say there are many

PRESS RELEASE The hearing of the case against Sheikh Zakzaky and Mallimah Zeenah has been adjourned again, this time until 8 and 9 March. IHRC is deeply concerned for the health of both Sheikh, whose health continues to deteriorate, and Mallimah, who tested positive for

PRESS RELEASE IHRC has written to the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Minister Dominic Raab urging him to intervene and help secure the release the leader of the country’s Islamic Movement, Sheikh Ibrahim el-Zakzaky and his wife Mallima Zeenah and end their near six-year ordeal.