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\u00a0Amnesty called on the Nigerian government to comply with a court ruling that calls for an end to detention of Sheikh Zakzaky
\n\u00a0Amnesty International has called on the Nigerian government to comply with a court ruling that calls for an end to the \u201cunlawful\u201d detention of Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, the country\u2019s top Shia Muslim cleric.
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\n\"Zakzaky is being unlawfully detained,\u201d Amnesty Nigeria director Makmid Kamara said on Monday, adding that the Nigerian government would \u201cdemonstrate a flagrant -- and dangerous -- contempt for the rule of law\" if it ignored a December ruling by an Abuja court, which called the detention of Sheikh Zakzaky and his followers illegal and unconstitutional.
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\nThe Nigerian court has imposed a 45-day deadline for the release of Sheikh Zakzaky and hundreds of his supporters. The deadline expires later on Monday.
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\nSheikh Zakzaky, who leads the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), was arrested more than a year ago during raids by the Nigerian army on peaceful gatherings of IMN members in the northern city of Zaria. Human rights groups say nearly 350 IMN members were killed in the army raids. The Nigerian military has rejected the death toll.
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\nAmnesty said the government in Nigeria could extend Zakzaky\u2019s detention on trumped-up charges in a bid to justify the crackdown on IMN members in Zaria in Kaduna State.
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\n\"This might be part of a wider effort to cover up the gruesome crimes committed by members of the security forces in Zaria in December 2015 that left hundreds dead,\u201d said Kamara.
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\nThe government in Abuja has yet to react to Amnesty\u2019s call for Zakzaky\u2019s release. Officials in the Kaduna State Government have accused the cleric and IMN supporters of committing \u201cacts of lawlessness\u201d over the past 30 years, charges that Nigeria\u2019s judges have dismissed.
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