From: Islamic Human Rights Commission.

25 July 2017

PRESS RELEASE - Nigeria: Authorities break up rally to commemorate 2014 massacre in Zaria

A peaceful annual demonstration commemorating the murder of civilians by Nigerian security forces has been violently broken up by armed police in Zaria, northern Nigeria.

About 10,000 had gathered to mark the event which commemorates the 25 July 2014 killings of 32 people marching in support of Palestine during the annual Al-Quds Day procession.

Eyewitnesses report seeing 18 trucks filled with police storm the site of the rally and preventing people from the entering the venue.

An IHRC report into the 2014 massacre found that the peaceful demonstration had been attacked by Nigerian soldiers without warning and without provocation. Some of the fatalities died in custody after being savagely beaten and bore signs of torture on their bodies. At least two more civilians were killed the next day in a similar attack on the funeral preparations.

Among those killed were three sons of the IMN leader Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, a fierce critic of political corruption as well as the so-called Boko Haram movement.

The massacre marked the beginning of a violent turn by Nigerian authorities against the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) which would result in the slaughter in December 2015 of over 1000 IMN supporters at the hands of the Nigerian military.

The violent turn has included attacks on demonstrations, demolition and confiscation of IMN properties, arrests of its supporters and repressive legislative measures designed to weaken the group.

Last Thursday 20 July, the federal government was accused of starting operations to confiscate the site of the Husaiyniyyah Baqiyatullah centre belonging to the IMN in Zaria. Labourers protected by the Nigerian military were seen fencing off the property and carrying out building works in what IMN supporters believe is the first step to seize the land.

The centre was razed by the authorities following the 2015 attack on the IMN. Hundreds of people were killed defending the site.

Along with his wife Zeenah, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, has been held without charge following their arrest during the later 2015 massacre of IMN supporters. Both were shot during the attack in Zaria in which at least 1000 IMN supporters, including a further three sons of the couple, were killed.

The couple remain in the custody of the State Security Service which is stubbornly refusing to implement a release order issued by a federal high court judge on 2 December 2016 on the basis that their detention is illegal and unconstitutional. The judge gave Nigerian authorities 45 days to unconditionally release the pair.

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Source: http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2017/07/security-agents-break-up-rally-to-mark.html?m=1

too bad

I stand with the Nigeria Armed Forces.

Freedom of Expression is no more guaranteed in Nigeria ?

Why is the Govt afraid of the unity of the people ?

Once a people tries to gather and speak against Govt's brutality in the past, the govt becomes afraid and send their slave soldiers to intimidate the people.

There should be no more elections in this country until we run psychiatric test on our leaders. I personally think an average politician has mental health issues.

madridguy:
I stand with the Nigeria Armed Forces.

Sunni terrorist spotted.

madridguy:
I stand with the Nigeria Armed Forces.

You stand with injustice so leave our military out of it

What is Sunni?

dokiOloye:
Sunni terrorist spotted.

Small world...

This is the same way they should be aborting those IPOB criminal rally ehh. IPOB do carry sticks in rally. I have reported before but no body want to rearrest that kanu. leading those liars IPOB. Kanu must be rearrest by Osinbanjo for promoting genocide 2015. They should do this to IPOB also.


Meanwhile see what angry arewa youths did to Igbos as reported by Biafra lying media


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvtsvRpuChA

Ok

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they should leave this ppl alone na . they should go and contend with boko na ram

Buhari hold ur boys.
I don't want to hear any bad news

The zoo

dokiOloye:
Sunni terrorist spotted.

what do you mean by sunni?,you should shut up and don't say what u don't know,abuse him if you want to abuse him.

APCAPC

What happened to freedom of expression and association. They all fled from the country when GEJ left office.

Later one lai will come and say that even even their leader Zaky is afraid to leave with his faithful.

God will punish evil people just like them-APC. Amen!

Wetin dem sabi do pass to neutralize people? Nigerian police I hail ur mumuness

Ishokay, religion is no barrier

they should just let these people be abegi

I think the Shiites should just join Biafra.
If it were a Christian group the world would have known about this, but now no one to stand up for the Shiites just because lran is not a world power.
Mazi Nnamdi Kanu please do something about this, save the Shiites from the zoo.

Why?

Lawful gathering is not in the constitution of Nigeria?

Freedom of worship and association are they now crimes?

Is shiites a terrorist organisation?

Buhari is a religious bigot.

The day the shiites will carry arms and start fighting killing and taking people hostage,our myopic leaders will start paying them ransom and begging them for amnesty.

Nigeria keeps giving the impression that to have your way you must be violent.

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IpobExposed:
This is the same way they should be aborting those IPOB criminal rally ehh. IPOB do carry sticks in rally. I have reported before but no body want to rearrest that kanu. leading those liars IPOB. Kanu must be rearrest by Osinbanjo for promoting genocide 2015. They should do this to IPOB also.


Meanwhile see what angry arewa youths did to Igbos as reported by Biafra lying media


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvtsvRpuChA

Hungry you're, food we must contribute to you. Sense you lack, coconut must fall on you. Anu Mpama!

madridguy:
I stand with the Nigeria Armed Forces.

Sunni vs Shitte
The jihad is real!!!

what a generation

Let them be? What's Nigeria business with with Palestinian Muslim. Why are they protesting for what happened in d middle east in naija? I born a Muslim but now a Christian. Sometimes I wonder is religion doing us any good??





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What is Sunni vs Shitte?

jjjjj2017:

Sunni vs Shitte
The jihad is real!!!

That is zoo for you.

-The Zoo!

madridguy:
What is Sunni vs Shitte?

Buhari vs Elzakzaky
Saudi Arabia vs Iran

Baddestman:
what do you mean by sunni?,you should shut up and don't say what u don't know,abuse him if you want to abuse him.

The person you quoted is right.. madridguy acted like sunni terrorist..