by Executive Director | Feb 15, 2019 | Blogs, Death penalty, News, Press Releases
PRESS RELEASE: Second AdvocAid client granted appeal on murder conviction after over ten years in detention February 15th 2019 AdvocAid is pleased to announce that yet another appeal on behalf of one of our clients was granted by the Court of Appeal this week. Our...
by Executive Director | Jan 29, 2019 | Advocacy, Blogs, Death penalty, News, Press Releases
PRESS RELEASE: AdvocAid client granted appeal on murder conviction after over nine years in detention January 29th 2019 AdvocAid is delighted to announce that today our appeal on behalf of our client Aminata* was granted by the Court of Appeal. Her sentence has been...
by Executive Director | Jan 29, 2019 | Blogs, News, Publications
Following the launch of “Kolonko”, a documentary to mark the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, the harassment and abuse faced by these women as well as the work of AdvocAid has been featured in an article by The Guardian newspaper. ...
by Executive Director | Dec 20, 2018 | Blogs, Events, News
Executive Director’s Message Hello supporters and friends of AdvocAid, In September, I was privileged to take on the role as Executive Director and join the passionate and dedicated team at AdvocAid. These last few months have been full of achievements – I’d like to...
by Executive Director | Dec 13, 2018 | Blogs, News, Press Releases
Title: Online Launch of documentary ‘Kolonko’ showing harrasment and violence faced by sex workers Year: 2018 On December 17th 2018, to coincide with International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, AdvocAid will be launching the documentary...
by Executive Director | Oct 29, 2018 | Blogs, News
Reporting to Legal Officer Locations Freetown, Sierra Leone (time can also be spent in our offices in Makeni and Kenema in the provinces) Stipend Unfortunately AdvocAid is a small organization and cannot cover funds for international interns/ fellows. This...
