Nigerian activist urges int'l bodies to prevent execution of Shaykh Zakzaky

Rasa – A Nigerian activist asked the international human rights bodies to prevent the execution of the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Shaykh Ibrahim Zakzaky.

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Date: 14 August 2016 - 18:43

RNA – “If we don’t do anything, God-forbid, Shaykh Zakzaky might have the fate of Shaykh Nimr (al-Nimr, the prominent Shi’a Muslim cleric executed by the Saudi government on January 2),” Shaykh Ismail al-Shoayb said, addressing a ceremony in Tehran on Saturday night.

“All should act and don’t sit still,” he added.

The Nigerian army attacked two religious centers of the country’s Shi’a community on December 12, killing hundreds of defenseless civilians. Later on December 13, the military arrested Shaykh Zakzaky and his wife after raiding their house and killing three of his sons, assistants and followers.

Members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria have demanded setting up of a judicial commission of inquiry to probe the killings of their colleagues in Zaria on December 12 and 13, during a meeting with House of Representatives panel.

They have also demanded the unconditional release of their leader Shaykh Zakzaky and his wife.

Shaykh Zakzaky’s son complained in July that his mother and father are suffering from deteriorating health conditions and have been deprived of medical care by the government.

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