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Freedom of Expression cannot be Suppressed, Urges Sierra Leone’s Civil Society
Press Release: 20 April 2023 AdvocAid, L.A.W.Y.E.R.S., I.LR.A.J., A Girl At A Time, Amnesty International, and Girlz Empowered are concerned about the recent arrest of Zainab Sheriff who was arrested and detained for a video she posted online expressing her...
Meet AdvocAid’s first Frances Claudia Wright Scholar
An interview with AdvocAid's first Frances Claudia Wright scholar - Ms. Umu Kulthum Sesay. Photo: Umu Kulthum Sesay at the launch event of the Frances Claudia Wright Scholarsip Hey Umu, how are you? I already know you but our readers do not so please introduce...
An open letter to announce a new chapter for AdvocAid
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...
Time to rest, reset and restore
A reflective blog post from AdvocAid's Advocacy Specialist, Rebecca Mweru Kabejja As 2022 came to an end, we as staff from different office locations - Freetown, Makeni and Kenema - gathered in one place to reflect on what we have done throughout the year and look...
Press Release – Court case filed against Sierra Leone to overturn discriminatory loitering laws
4 May 2022 Download press release AdvocAid has filed a case at the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Community Court of Justice in Abuja, Nigeria, against the Government of Sierra Leone, seeking to overturn the country’s discriminatory loitering laws....
Civil Society Urges Government to Review Cases of Women and Girls in Detention who were Overlooked in the Presidential Pardon Process
AdvocAid and Purposeful are dismayed that only five women out of 160 incarcerated people were pardoned during the New Year’s Day Presidential pardons. Further, that no women imprisoned in Correctional Centers in the provinces were pardoned or two girls incarcerated at...
AdvocAid celebrates Sierra Leone abolishing the death penalty
23 July 2021 AdvocAid congratulates the Government and Parliament of Sierra Leone on abolishing the death penalty. Since its founding 15 years ago, AdvocAid has campaigned to end this cruel practice. Since 2006, AdvocAid has actively campaigned for the abolition...
Radical Rest Week
AdvocAid will be taking a well-deserved collective break with a week of Radical Rest from the 5-11 July. During this break, our team will be taking leave from all work activities. Radical Rest is a time for our staff to focus on themselves. It is a time for our staff...
Sierra Leone commits to legislate to abolish the death penalty.
PRESS RELEASE: Sierra Leone commits to legislate to abolish the death penalty AdvocAid congratulates the Government of Sierra Leone on its commitment to bring forward legislation to Parliament to abolish the death penalty. The organisation has campaigned to end this...
Time to Decriminalize Petty Offences
In 2017, the Commission identified the criminalisation of petty offences, defined as “minor offences for which the punishment is…a warning, community service, a low-value fine or short term of imprisonment, often for failure to pay the fine…”[1] Through the OSIWA...