IMN, police clash claims four lives in Kaduna; three police officers injured
The incident occurred around 11 a.m. when the IMN members were conducting a procession in solidarity with Palestinians in the ...
The incident occurred around 11 a.m. when the IMN members were conducting a procession in solidarity with Palestinians in the ...
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A police spokesman said the group came out to protest "with the intention to cause unrest, but were subdued by ...
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Mr El-Zakzaky was flown to India on Monday following a Kaduna court order last week.
Mr El-zakzaky and his wife left for India on an Emirate flight.
Usman Umar was shot dead in July after a protest by Shiites demanding the release of their leader turned violent.
The Islamic group says its proscription is not valid.
Usman Umar was shot during the clash between the police and Shiittes in Abuja.
The federal government on Friday secured a controversial order from a high court to ban the Shiite IMN.
"There is no law that allows the Nigerian government to just wake up and proscribe a religious group. We are ...
Once gazetted, the Shiite IMN will be the second organisation to be proscribed by Mr Buhari.
The Shiites are demanding the release of their leader, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky.
The IMN accuses the army under President Buhari of genocide.
Mr El-Zakzaky has been in detention since December 2015
The Shiites stormed the main entrance of the legislative complex on Wednesday afternoon.
The report highlights the various failures of the Nigerian government to bring perpetrators of rights abuses to account.
The lawyer also says bullets lodged in the body of Mr Zakzaky's wife yet to be extracted
Over 40 Shiite protesters were killed in a series of bloody encounters with Nigerian soldiers between October 27 and 30.
"We urge Government of Nigeria authorities to conduct a thorough investigation."
The police earlier confirmed arrest of about 400 Shiites.
Group says it has no history of violence in its "almost 40 years" of existence in Nigeria
Dozens of Shiite members died during the clash with the Nigerian Army.
The police says the suspects were arrested in connection with violent protest in the federal capital territory.
The police said three persons were killed in the Monday clash.
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