by sabrinamahtani | Mar 10, 2011 | Blogs, Death penalty, News, Press Releases
On Thursday March 3rd 2011, after 6 years on death row, MK was granted her freedom. In a landmark decision by the Court of Appeal, her original criminal trial for murder was rendered a nullity and she was discharged. The State has declined to re-prosecute the matter...
by sabrinamahtani | Dec 1, 2009 | Blogs, Legal Aid
Logan Hambrick (AdvocAid co-founder and Director) has written a fantastic article for Foreign Policy Digest – Women in Conflict with the Courts. Full text of the article can be found below. — DEVELOPMENTS Emmerson, one of Sierra Leone’s most popular...
by sabrinamahtani | Jul 20, 2007 | Blogs, Legal Aid, Press Releases
A report recently released by the UN cites the ongoing abuse within Sierra Leone’s prisons and the failure to protect the rights of inmates as a serious threat to peace in the country. Sierra Leone suffered a brutal decade-long civil war that formally ended in 2002,...
