Nigeria: UK-Based Group Raises Funds to Support Injured Shiites

21 July 2019

A human rights organisation, Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC), based in the United Kingdom, has begun to raise funds to provide food and medication for members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) injured in confrontations with the Nigerian Army and other security agencies. The commission stated that there were currently thousands of children, women and men suffering as a result of such clashes.

IHRC said, "Members of the Islamic Movement have been routinely targeted, with over 1, 500 killed in the last three years alone.

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