Human Rights & Public Liberties

Human Rights & Public Liberties

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Published on: 13 Jan, 2021

Nigeria’s Shia leader Ibrahim Yaqoub El Zakzaky

Published on: 8 March, 2021

The trial of Nigeria’s Shia leader Ibrahim Yaqoub El Zakzaky and his wife Malam Zeenat Ibrahim to resume in the northwestern city of Kaduna. They’re facing eight charges including culpable homicide, unlawful assembly, and disruption of public peace. They have been held since a 2015 crackdown by Nigerian security forces. Hundreds were killed in the operation according to Shia supporters and rights activists.