The Iranian Foreign Ministry summoned Nigeria’s chargé d'affaires to Tehran to express concern over reports on Nigerian Muslim leader Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky’s deteriorating health condition.

The authorities of Abuja are determined to murder my father, the son of Nigeria’s Muslim leader Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky revealed, adding that a recently collected blood sample from the cleric contains a high level of toxic substances.

A human rights group, the Initiative for Conciliation and Rights Protection (ICRP), called on the Nigerian authorities to act immediately and not to allow the incarcerated leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky to die in their hand.

A leading student human rights institute in a letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on the world body to provide the ground for the freedom and treatment of top Muslim cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky who has been kept in prison by the Nigerian government for the past four years.

Badia Ibraheem Zakzaky, the step daughter of leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky, expressed deep concern about her step parents' health conditions after they were wounded and detained by the Nigerian army in Zaria region mid December 2015.

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has called for an “independent and thorough” investigation into the sudden death of Egypt’s former President Mohamed Morsi, who died during a trial court session.

Many people are feared injured or arrested in Nigeria after police attacked peaceful demonstrators who had rallied in support of Palestine and to mark the International Quds Day, condemning decades-long Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories.

The Nigerian Army opened fire on protesters demanding the release of top Muslim cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, who has been held for four years on trumped-up allegations.