by Executive Director | Jul 23, 2021 | Death penalty, Press Releases
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...
by Executive Director | Dec 10, 2020 | Advocacy, Blogs, Death penalty
AdvocAid board member and former Executive Director Simitie Lavaly spoke recently at the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly. During her time at AdvocAid, Simitie represented eight women and men on death row, advocated for better conditions for...
by Executive Director | Oct 29, 2020 | Blogs, Death penalty, Press Releases
While globally people commemorated the World Day Against the Death Penalty on 10 October, two women accused of murder were sentenced to death in Magburaka and Kabala, Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone retains a mandatory death penalty for murder and as an applicable...
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...
by Executive Director | Feb 15, 2019 | Blogs, Death penalty, News, Press Releases
PRESS RELEASE: Second AdvocAid client granted appeal on murder conviction after over ten years in detention February 15th 2019 AdvocAid is pleased to announce that yet another appeal on behalf of one of our clients was granted by the Court of Appeal this week. Our...
by Executive Director | Jan 29, 2019 | Advocacy, Blogs, Death penalty, News, Press Releases
PRESS RELEASE: AdvocAid client granted appeal on murder conviction after over nine years in detention January 29th 2019 AdvocAid is delighted to announce that today our appeal on behalf of our client Aminata* was granted by the Court of Appeal. Her sentence has been...
