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A Nigerian court on Monday postponed the decision to let a pro-Iranian Shiite cleric in detention, whose case sparked bloody clashes, seeking medical care abroad, prosecutors said. .
Ibrahim Zakzaky, leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), was arrested in 2015 under the crackdown on his supporters in the northern city of Zaria.
Human rights groups say the troops killed some 350 of its supporters and buried them in mbad graves.
IMN organized repeated rallies demanding the release of Zakzaky, resulting in violence that left dozens dead.
The government on Sunday announced the ban on the group after the killing of at least eight people in recent clashes with security forces.
The state prosecutor, Dari Bayero, told reporters after an audience in the northern city of Kaduna that Zakzaky's doctors had requested that he be flown to India for receive intensive treatment.
He added that the prosecution had urged the court to dismiss this claim.
"The court will decide Monday (August 5) on the opportunity to allow it to go or benefit from medical facilities (available) in this country," he said.
Defense counsel, Femi Falana, said that Zakzaky's health condition and that of his wife, also detained, had deteriorated so much that they could not attend. l & # 39; hearing.
"Their health is so bad that they can not come," he said.
The government has repeatedly ignored previous court decisions regarding the release of Zakzaky for health reasons, insisting that he was detained in the national interest.
IMN spokesman, Ibrahim Musa, said the group was "not satisfied" with the postponement decision and that almost daily protests would continue.
"The protests will continue because we can not sit back and see our sheikh die," he said.
Zakzaky and IMN have been at odds with the government for years because of its call for an Iranian-style Islamic revolution in Nigeria. Northern Nigeria is predominantly Sunni.
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