Nigeria: #ArewaMeToo Campaigner Maryam Awaisu Arrested

19 February 2019

One of the leading campaigners of #ArewaMeToo, an online campaign against sexual violence, especially against women, in northern Nigeria was arrested on Tuesday.

Maryam Awaisu, a writer and activist, was arrested by men of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigerian police in her office in Kaduna.

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