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IHRC welcomes court order permitting release of Sheikh Zakzaky

PRESS RELEASE: IHRC welcomes the decision of the Kaduna State High Court this morning granting bail to Sheikh Ibrahim el-Zakzaky and his wife to leave Nigeria in order to receive urgent medical treatment. While the decision does not exonerate the pair, it is nevertheless an

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Azerbaijan urged to come clean over torture of political prisoners

PRESS RELEASE IHRC is gravely concerned about the deteriorating human rights situation in Azerbaijan one year after bloody riots erupted in the country’s second largest city, Genje. The unrest was triggered by graphic images posted on social media showing horrific injuries sustained by Yunis Safarov,

Court accused of delay tactics in Zakzaky medical emergency plea

29 July 2019 PRESS RELEASE: Attempts to secure the release of the embattled leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim el-Zakzaky, have suffered a fresh setback with the adjournment of a court hearing today that was due to decide whether he should be

Press Release: NIGERIA – New levels of cruelty from the Buhari regime

For immediate release 27 July 2019 Reported proscription of Islamic Movement beyond belief Responding to reports that the Nigerian government has proscribed the Islamic Movement as a terrorist group, IHRC Chair Massoud Shadjareh stated: “If the reported proscription of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria is