Press TV - Nigerian government forces have opened fire on demonstrators demanding the release of prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky. On Tuesday, during the third day of consecutive protests, one person was severely injured during clashes with Nigerian forces and another 50 people were detained in Abuja. Nigerian sources told Press ...

Press TV - Nigerian government forces have attacked protesters calling for the release of the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, killing at least one person. The protester was killed on Sunday in the northwestern state of Kaduna amid widespread demonstrations which were held in over 50 separate locations....

MNA IHRC has written to the Nigerian President urging him to allow the detained leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria access to urgently needed medical treatment. In a direct appeal to President Buhari the letter highlights the deteriorating condition of Sheikh Ibrahim el-Zakzaky who family members say is in severe danger of losing the sight ...

Press TV- Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Nigeria to end its heavy-handed crackdown on amainstream Shia group led by Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky and release the prominent cleric from prison. In a statement published on Wednesday, the New York-based rights organization said Nigeria should abide by a recent court ruling that ordered the unconditional ...

CIKATSERE, Nigeria (AP) -- Dozens of protesters waving banners demanding "Free Zakzaky!" marched down a northern highway on Friday to support the Nigerian Shia leader who has been detained without charge for more than three months. The protest comes the week that Ibraheem Zakzaky's Islamic Movement in Nigeria denied claims that its members kidnapped ...

Tehran, Dec 23, IRNA - 'Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky has never identified himself as a leader of a sect, or the Islamic movement as a sect. The Islamic movements main agenda is to oppose injustice and anyone from anywhere including non-Muslims are welcome to join the movement.' Nusaibah Ibraheem Zakzaky, the daughter of Allama Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, the ...