by sabrinamahtani | Nov 15, 2011 | Blogs, Legal Aid, News, Radio Interview, Welfare
AdvocAid’s Executive Director, Legal Officer and Volunteer Lawyer spent several days in Bo and Kenema to monitor and support the work of our paralegal in the Easter region. The visit included prison monitoring, distributing key welfare items to women and their...
by sabrinamahtani | Sep 15, 2011 | Blogs, Capacity Building, Events, Legal Aid
We are pleased to welcome our new volunteer, Cat Seldon. Cat is a lawyer from London and will be volunteering with us for a few months. You can follow her adventures and experiences on her blog.
by sabrinamahtani | Aug 18, 2011 | Blogs, Capacity Building, Legal Aid, News, Press Releases
AdvocAid’s Legal Officer, Simitie Lavaly, was recently profiled by the University of West England Alumni news. We are proud that Simitie’s work is being recognised by her former university and hope she will inspire current students to use the law to...
by sabrinamahtani | Mar 17, 2011 | Advocacy, Blogs, Death penalty, Legal Aid, Publications
An AdvocAid Briefing Paper concerning restricted time limits to appeal for those on death row. Section 64 of the Courts Act 1965 provides 21 days within which to appeal which CANNOT be extended for those sentenced to death. AdvocAid has been championing reform of this...
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,...
