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    #ArewaMeToo Activist, Maryam Awaisu, Arrested!

    • Date of Occurrence
      February 19, 2019
    • State/Country
      Kaduna State, Nigeria
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    Awaisu was arrested in her office at Kaduna by “a convoy of officers from the Special Anti-Robbery Squad,” who took her to their Abuja office. While arresting Maryam, the police attempted to gain access to her laptop and mobile phone by force. Awaisu had been championing the trending hashtag, #ArewaMeToo on Twitter, which details the experiences of Twitter users with sexual assaults.

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    Maryam Awaisu was released hours after she was arrested by the men of Nigerian police’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in her office at Kaduna on Tuesday.

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    • Date of Occurrence

      2019-02-19

    • State/Country

      Kaduna State, Nigeria

    • Perpetrator

      Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigerian Police Force

    • Legal Foundation

      Section 39(1) of the Nigerian Constitution 1999

    • Source

      https://punchng.com/amnesty-international-tells-police-to-release-arewametoo-activist-maryam-awaisu/

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    • North Central
    Rights & Freedom Violated
    • Right to Free Speech
    • Right to Freedom Thought
    Gender of Victim(s)
    • Female
    Mode of Attacks
    • Unlawful Arrests and Detention
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