by Joanna Howarth | Jan 31, 2023 | News
Dear Friend, This January will be the month that AdvocAid starts a new chapter with a new Chair of the Board of Directors. I have served on AdvocAid’s Board for eight years now, which is our maximum term limit, and so comes the time when I need to stand down and wave...
by Executive Director | Jul 21, 2020 | Advocacy, COVID-19, News, Press Releases
We celebrate the release of 3 women pardoned by the President on Independence Day 2020. They were released on 21 July 2020 by the Sierra Leone Correctional Services (SLCS) along with all those who received Presidential Pardons earlier in the year. This is welcome...
by Executive Director | Jan 20, 2020 | Blogs, News, Press Releases
Title: AdvocAid welcomes new Executive Director and Legal OfficerYear: 2020 AdvocAid is pleased to announce the arrival of our new Executive Director, Rhiannon Davis, who took up the role in December 2019. In addition, we are also proud to welcome Lydia Kembabazi as...
by Executive Director | Sep 26, 2019 | Advocacy, Blogs, News, Press Releases
AdvocAid and the Centre for Accountability and Rule of Law (CARL) today launched a Position Paper calling for petty offences to be decriminalised in order to reduce overcrowding in correctional centres and their disproportionate impact on marginalised people in...
by Executive Director | Jul 15, 2019 | Death penalty, News, Press Releases, Uncategorized
PRESS RELEASE: Call for a Public Commitment to the Moratorium on Executions Issued: Monday July 15, 2019 We, the following organisations – AdvocAid, Amnesty International, Human Rights Defenders Network, and Manifesto 99 – call on the Government of Sierra Leone to...
by Executive Director | Jun 19, 2019 | Advocacy, Blogs, Legal Aid, News, Press Releases
June 19th 2019 AdvocAid and the Centre for Accountability and Rule of Law (CARL) have carefully followed reports relating to the clashes between the Sierra Leone Police and supporters of the opposition All Peoples Congress (APC) on 31st May, 2019. We have access to...
