The recent massacre presents a sobering backdrop for this year’s Al-Quds Day rally

The pair were forcibly moved overnight from the capital Abuja by Nigeria’s secret services (DSS) to the High Court in Kaduna to hear the charges fabricated against them

Last year the demonisation campaign was responsible for inciting Darren Osborne to drive a van into worshippers leaving late night Ramadan prayers in the Finsbury Park

The hearing came after he were forcibly moved overnight from the capital Abuja where he was detained illegally

The sheikh, who is in poor health after suffering a stroke at the turn of the year, was taken against his will along with his wife

Since yesterday heavily armed soldiers have surrounded the premises where Sheikh Ibrahim el-Zakzaky is being held

IHRC has again written to the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan accusing him of kowtowing to Zionist and far right extremists in his continuing endeavours to control what is displayed at the annual Al-Quds Day demonstration in London.

Along with his wife and two others the sheikh has been charged with eight offences, the most serious of which is punishable by death