{"id":15442,"date":"2018-11-29T15:03:05","date_gmt":"2018-11-29T15:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/?p=15442"},"modified":"2018-11-29T15:03:05","modified_gmt":"2018-11-29T15:03:05","slug":"nigerians-rally-in-abuja-to-demand-zakzakys-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/nigerians-rally-in-abuja-to-demand-zakzakys-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerians rally in Abuja to demand Zakzaky’s release"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nigerian Muslims have once again waged protest rally in the capital of Abuja to demand the release of top Muslim cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Calling for justice for the 65-year-old cleric, who was beaten and arrested in 2015 along with his wife on trumped-up allegations, the protesters chanted slogans in support of Zakzaky on Saturday and insisting on his immediate release from prison.<\/p>\n

The leader of Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) has been held since December 2015 following a deadly raid by the Nigerian army troops on his residence in the country\u2019s northern Kaduna State. He and his wife as well as a large number of his followers have been kept in custody ever since.<\/p>\n

During the raid, Zakzaky\u2019s wife sustained serious wounds too and more than 300 of his followers and three of his sons were killed.<\/p>\n

Zakzaky was officially charged with unlawful assembly, disruption of public peace, allegations vehemently denied by his group, known as the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN).<\/p>\n

In 2016, Nigeria\u2019s federal high court ordered his unconditional release from jail following a trial, but the government has so far refused to set him free.<\/p>\n

The latest protest rally for Zakzaky\u2019s freedom came after a court in the city of Kaduna ruled earlier this month against his immediate release on bail due to his deteriorating health that requires urgent medical care.<\/p>\n

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PressTV-Nigeria court refuses to release Zakzaky<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

A Nigerian court refuses to grant top Muslim cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky a bail.<\/a><\/div>\n

\u201cThe court refused to grant him bail,” Zakzaky\u2019s lawyer Maxwell Kyon said on November 7.<\/p>\n

“We are disappointed with the court’s decision,” added IMN spokesman Ibrahim Musa, emphasizing that Zakzaky should have been granted bail due to poor health. “We will keep on with our protests in Abuja and other cities.”<\/p>\n

The hearing came after several peaceful protest rallies held by IMN supporters last month to demand Zakzaky\u2019s release. Last month, Nigerian security forces opened fire on IMN members in the capital Abuja, leaving 47 people killed.<\/p>\n

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Nigerian Muslims have once again waged protest rally in the capital of Abuja to demand the release of top Muslim cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky. Calling for justice for the 65-year-old cleric, who was beaten and arrested in 2015 along with his wife on trumped-up allegations, the protesters chanted slogans in support of Zakzaky on Saturday …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":15443,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-islamic-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15442"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15444,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15442\/revisions\/15444"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}