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Sierra Leonean Civil Society Organisations Denounce Executions in The Gambia
We, the undersigned non-governmental organizations based in Sierra Leone, strongly denounce the execution of 9 inmates on death row in The Gambia last week. The executions represent a tragic setback to efforts at developing a human rights culture in the region, with...
Welcoming Derek Achatoh – our new legal intern
We are very glad to have Derek volunteering with us. Derek is from Cameroon but came to complete his legal professional studies in Sierra Leone due to lack of a law school in Cameroon. He completed his LLB in Cameroon, has taught law part time and also has NGO...
PRESS RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PRESS RELEASE: 22 “LOITERING” PRISONERS RELEASED BY THE CHIEF JUSTICE FOLLOWING ADVOCAID INTERVENTION 22 people (7 men, 12 women, 4 juveniles) convicted of loitering and sentenced to 6 months imprisonment at Pademba Road and Freetown Female Prisons, were dramatically...
Sierra Leone Externship Blog now live!
AdvocAid is running a legal externship programme with the support of Open Society Justice Initiative. The externs are based with 3 legal aid organisations (Defence for Children, LAWYERS and AdvocAid) and gain practical experience working in legal aid and human rights...
AdvocAid presents at the International Human Rights Funders Group Conference
AdvocAid was part of a panel at the International Human Rights Funders Group Conference this week in San Francisco. The panel was entitled "Flourish or Wilt? Taking Stock of Women’s Human Rights in an Era of Revolutionary Political Change" and we presented alongside...
Monitoring Trip to Makeni
AdvocAid's Executive Director and Legal Officer paid a visit to Makeni to monitor and support the work of our Makeni paralegal, Victoria Koroma, who is based with Access to Justice Makeni. We paid visits to the Courts and met with police, State Counsel and the newly...
Celebrating 10 years of Peace
Today we are celebrating 10 years of peace in Sierra Leone and also remembering all those who suffered during the 11 year long civil war and those who still feel the effects today. Sierra Leone has come a long way since AdvocAid started in 2006 but there are still...
AdvocAid Client Formerly on Death Row Discharged at Re-Trial
Great news to begin the new year! Another woman (formerly on death row) has been discharged. MSK was sentenced to death in 2007. Her conviction was overturned following an appeal by AdvocAid in 2009 and she had to undergo a retrial. An AdvocAid contracted lawyer...
Happy Holidays
Happy Holidays and Happy New Year from everyone at AdvocAid. Thank you to all our donors and supporters for helping us continue to assist vulnerable girls and women in Sierra Leone. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prTzAu_nEW4]
Christmas Welfare Donations to Women and their Children in Prison
AdvocAid donated welfare items (such as toiletries) to women and their children in Freetown Female Prison. We gave each woman her own "lappa" (cloth) which can be used for clothing, as a blanket etc We played some music and shared food, including fruit which is hardly...