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.

IHRC is calling on the Nigerian authorities to allow the detained leader of the country’s Islamic Movement to access urgently needed medical attention without delay after he suffered a stroke in the last 24 hours.

Demonstrators in the capital Abuja marking the second anniversary of the massacre of over 1000 supporters of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria have reported the deployment of police to head off their protest.