US Classifies El-Zakzaky, Wife As Political Prisoners
This is according to the 2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices issued by the US State Department on Tuesday.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Apr 07, 2021
The United States has classified the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, and his wife, Zeenah, as political prisoners.
This is according to the 2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices issued by the US State Department on Tuesday.
Zakzaky and wife Zeenat
The report read in part, Political prisoners and detainees. IMN s leader, Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, and his spouse remained in detention. In 2018 the Kaduna State Government charged Zakzaky in state court with multiple felonies stemming from the death of a soldier at Zaria.
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