KINGSTON, Jamaica — Latoya Nugent, co-founder of the rights movement Tambourine Army, says she is currently contemplating a constitutional challenge of the provision of the Cybercrimes Act under which she was arrested and charged last week.

Nugent was charged with three counts of using a computer for malicious communication under section 9 (1) of the Cybercrimes Act of 2015.

A release from the Tambourine Army said that Nugent would seek “to preserve and protect the rights of human rights defenders acting in the interest of the Jamaican people”.

Meanwhile, Nugent maintained her innocence and said she would vigorously fight the charges. 

She allegedly published information on social media maligning several individuals as sexual predators. While in police custody, Nugent was reportedly rushed to the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) in a state of shock.

The Tambourine Army, which describes itself as a radical social justice movement committed to uprooting the scourge of sexual violence and safeguarding the rights of women and girls, said her arrest and subsequent illness “were powerful reminders of the gravity of the situation” the movement is seeking to address.