by Executive Director | Apr 28, 2020 | Advocacy, Blogs, Press Releases
On 27 April 2020, the Sierra Leonean Government confirmed the first positive COVID-19 case in a correctional facility. The male detainee who was held at the Remand Centre reported sick on 20 April 2020 and was confirmed six days later to have contracted the...
by Executive Director | Mar 25, 2020 | Blogs, Press Releases
Title: AdvocAid calls on the Government to release Pre-Trial and Vulnerable Detainees as part of Coronavirus Prevention MeasuresYear: 2020 People deprived of their liberty, such as people in prisons and other places of detention, are likely to be more vulnerable to...
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...
