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Nigeria: Army/Shiite Clash - Kaduna High Court Frees 100 Shiites in Detention
Daily Trust, 31 July 2018
The Kaduna State High Court has freed about 100 members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) also known as Shiites group, that were arrested at various locations following a… Read more »
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Nigeria: Zaria Killings - Court Frees Scores of Shiite IMN Members of Wrongdoing
Premium Times, 31 July 2018
A Kaduna High Court on Tuesday freed scores of Shiites accused of wrongdoing by the Kaduna State Government in the violence of December 2015 that led to the massacre of over 300… Read more »
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Nigeria: Army/Shiites Clashes - Kaduna High Court Frees 100 IMN Members
Leadership, 31 July 2018
The Kaduna State High Court has, in her judgement in the "no case submission" filed by the defense lawyers on the case brought before her freed nearly 100 members of the Islamic… Read more »
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Nigeria: Tension in Kaduna As Shiite Leader's Trial Resumes
This Day, 10 July 2018
There is palpable fear and anxiety among residents of Kaduna metropolis ahead of the trial of the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky, which… Read more »
Nigerian Shiite Leader's Supporters Acquitted of Protest Charges
The Kaduna State High Court has cleared at least 100 Shiite supporters of Ibrahim Zakzaky of criminal charges linked to a violent protest in 2015. The judge said that the state did not present enough evidence to go ahead with proceedings. Zakzaky, who is accused of orchestrating the attack, has been detained since 2015 despite court orders that he should be freed.
InFocus
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Clashes between the Shiite religious group and authorities have been on the increase since an attack by the army on a Shiite religious march in Zaria State, the imprisonment ... Read more »
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Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria took the streets to demand the release of the leader, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, who has been detained without trial since December 2015, after ... Read more »
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The police said the protesters were violent and that they recovered improvised petrol-bombs, stones and catapults used by members of the sect to attack police operatives and damage ... Read more »
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Hundreds of members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria has staged a protest to mark the 500th day since their leader, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, was arrested. Ibrahim El-zakzaky and his ... Read more »
