{"id":88323,"date":"2021-11-10T10:24:35","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T09:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=88323"},"modified":"2021-11-10T10:24:35","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T09:24:35","slug":"protesters-demand-us-uks-intervention-in-el-zakzaky-passports-seizure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/protesters-demand-us-uks-intervention-in-el-zakzaky-passports-seizure\/","title":{"rendered":"Protesters demand US, UK\u2019s intervention in El-Zakzaky passports\u2019 seizure"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1716021630599924326\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Protests against the continued seizure of the international passports of the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, and his wife, Malama Zeenah, continued in Abuja on Tuesday with human rights groups taking the case to the envoys of the United States, Britain and Canada.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe groups, under the aegis of the Coalition for Human Rights Development, asked the US Embassy, British and Canadian High Commissions to intervene and help facilitate the release of the international passports to enable the couple to travel abroad for medical attention.<\/p>\n<p>The Director of CfHD, Dr. Umar Abubakar, told journalists that the passports had remained with authorities since the medical trip which was allegedly scuttled by the government in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, both the Nigerian Intelligence Agency and the Department of State Security had denied being in possession of the travelling documents after the couple regained their freedom following the ruling of a Kaduna State High Court.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cThe CfHD and other lovers of justice across the world are getting agitated once again because of these obnoxious developments including what appears to be placing the duo under house arrest by the government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHence, we call on the international community especially the US, UK and Canadian governments to prevail on the government to release the passports of Sheikh Zakzaky and his wife.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nHe urged the Federal Government to release the passports or issue new ones to them so they could travel to the hospital of their choice.<\/p>\n<p>El-Zakzaky and his wife were detained for over five years and were being prosecuted for alleged culpable homicide among other charges following a clash between IMN members and soldiers in Zaria, Kaduna State, in December 2015.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Protests against the continued seizure of the international passports of the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, and his wife, Malama Zeenah, continued in Abuja on&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":88324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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