The move came as judges sat to hear a government appeal against a court order made over a year ago that Sheikh Zakzaky and his wife be released.

IHRC finds it scandalous that instead of upholding the rule of law the Nigerian government is actually subverting it by continuing to hold the Zakzakys in defiance of the release order

The Islamic Movement of Nigeria says it is overwhelmed by the tremendous support the sheikh has received from all over the world

Supplications will be made at Friday prayers in Sunni and Shia mosques in the UK and countries all over the world

Photographs from the scene show protestors carrying away the bloodied bodies of the victims

Among the wounded was Mallam Qasimu Umar, the IMN representative for Sokoto state

Sheikh Zakzaky is being held illegally by the DSS in flagrant violation of a High Court order ordering his release

Second press release: Police in Kaduna, Nigeria have shot and killed a protestor taking part in a peaceful demonstration demanding justice for the unlawfully detained leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim el-Zakzaky.