by Executive Director | Jul 21, 2020 | Advocacy, COVID-19, News, Press Releases
We celebrate the release of 3 women pardoned by the President on Independence Day 2020. They were released on 21 July 2020 by the Sierra Leone Correctional Services (SLCS) along with all those who received Presidential Pardons earlier in the year. This is welcome...
by Executive Director | Jul 8, 2020 | Advocacy, COVID-19, Press Releases
The Sierra Leone Correctional Services report into the 29 April riot at Pademba Road Correctional Centre finds that 400% overcrowding, staff shortages, and the severe COVID-19 restrictions imposed on detainees were key causes. We commend the SLCS for this open and...
by Executive Director | Jul 2, 2020 | Blogs, COVID-19, Legal Aid
On 4 June 2020, AdvocAid’s legal manager Lydia Kembabazi was a panelist for the Africa Criminal Justice Reform (ACJR) webinar on COVID-19 and petty offences in West Africa. Lydia gave an insight into how measures taken to protect the Sierra Leone population from the...
by Executive Director | Jun 16, 2020 | Blogs, COVID-19, Press Releases, Uncategorized
This year’s theme for Day of the African Child is: Access to Child Friendly Justice Systems in Africa. This occasion provides an opportunity to reflect on how our country is treating some of its most vulnerable, neglected and marginalised children – and to...
by Executive Director | May 4, 2020 | Blogs, COVID-19, Legal Aid
While the whole world is reeling from the global COVID-19 health crisis, we are having to adapt our work in light of new restrictions across Sierra Leone. Drawing from lessons learned from our work during the Ebola outbreak, AdvocAid is working hard to develop new...
