Amnesty censures Nigeria army massacre of Shia Muslims

This file photo shows Shia Muslims rallying in Nigeria to demand release of Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky. (Photo by AP)

These are some of the headlines we are tracking for you in this edition of Press TV's Top 5:

  • Amnesty International accuses Nigeria's military of deliberately shooting dead hundreds of Muslims and burying them in mass graves to destroy evidence of the crime.
  • Daesh Takfiri militants attack Kurdish fighters in Iraq’s province of Erbil with Katyusha rockets containing mustard gas.
  • Human Rights Watch accuses Egyptian police of detaining and torturing 20 people, saying there is a pattern of abuse in that country.
  • Thousands of people take to the streets in the Macedonian capital to protest against a controversial decision by the country’s president to block the prosecution of 56 officials.
  • Japanese lawmakers visit Tokyo’s controversial Yasukuni war shrine, drawing condemnation from China.

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