TikTok Dance: Feminist Group Condemns Arrest of Three Women in Kano

FemDigital Watch condemned the Kano State Hisbah Board’s arrest of TikTok creator Amani Ishaq and Hauwa Khamis and Sa’adatu Muhammad over dance videos posted on social media. The three women were arraigned at Magistrate Court No. 5 in Kano on allegations related to public morality and religious guidelines. The collective described the arrests as part of a pattern of suppressing women’s creative expression and cited Section 39 of Nigeria’s Constitution and the country’s obligations under the Maputo Protocol. It demanded immediate access to lawyers, equitable bail terms and an end to arbitrary surveillance and arrests of female creators.