Muslim leaders urged to restate unity objectives

October 1, 2020

PRESS RELEASE – The Universal Justice Network (UJN) has appealed to the signatories of a unity declaration to rise up to the challenge posed by the recrudescence of sectarian conflict in Pakistan. In an impassioned letter to the leaders of Sunni and Shia parties in

Zakzaky case adjournment makes a mockery of justice

September 29, 2020

PRESS RELEASE – NIGERIA: The decision by the Kaduna High Court today to adjourn yet again a hearing to dismiss the charges against the imprisoned leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim el-Zakzaky and his wife Mallima Zeenah, is an abuse of the

WEBINAR TO SLAM NORMALISATION WITH ISRAEL

September 10, 2020

PRESS RELEASE – A live webinar event being held this weekend will condemn the normalisation of ties with Israel as an appeasement of violence and Apartheid. Leading activists and scholars on the subject will address an international audience about various aspects of normalisation that Israel

PRESS RELEASE: NIGERIA – One reporter, one mourner killed by police, others injured as police open fire in Kaduna on Ashura procession

August 30, 2020

Second press release Updated 16.41 to include details of a second fatality. Chair of IHRC, Massoud Shadjareh said: “News of the killing of a reporter for Kaduna press, Bashir, by police in Kaduna is shocking but sadly unsurprising news. “The use of live ammunition against

PRESS RELEASE: NIGERIA – Concern as mourners in Zaria injured and arrested

August 30, 2020

IHRC is concerned that once again Nigerian authorities have chosen to target those members of the Islamic Movement choosing to peacefully commemorate the day of Ahsura with mourning processions and ceremonies. Whilst such gathering by other groups face no such ire in Nigeria, every year

UK Facebook page celebrated New Zealand mosque massacre

August 25, 2020

PRESS RELEASE – The right-wing terrorist facing sentencing for the massacre of Muslim worshippers as they gathered for Friday prayers at mosques in New Zealand last year saw an outpouring of support for his vile actions in the UK, according to online information seen by

Zakzaky lawyers file case dismissal application

August 7, 2020

PRESS RELEASE – Lawyers for the imprisoned leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim el-Zakzaky and his wife Mallima Zeenah, have filed an application seeking to end their near five-year ordeal. The application to quash the charges was made today in Kaduna High

Shrinking of civic space should ring alarm bells

July 29, 2020

29 JULY 2020 PRESS RELEASE: The finding by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) that the spaces in which civic organisations can safely operate have shrunk yet again should ring alarm bells in the Union. According to the second annual consultation carried out by