by Executive Director | Jan 20, 2020 | Blogs, News, Press Releases
Title: AdvocAid welcomes new Executive Director and Legal OfficerYear: 2020 AdvocAid is pleased to announce the arrival of our new Executive Director, Rhiannon Davis, who took up the role in December 2019. In addition, we are also proud to welcome Lydia Kembabazi as...
by Executive Director | Sep 26, 2019 | Advocacy, Blogs, News, Press Releases
AdvocAid and the Centre for Accountability and Rule of Law (CARL) today launched a Position Paper calling for petty offences to be decriminalised in order to reduce overcrowding in correctional centres and their disproportionate impact on marginalised people in...
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 | Jun 19, 2019 | Advocacy, Blogs, Legal Aid, News, Press Releases
June 19th 2019 AdvocAid and the Centre for Accountability and Rule of Law (CARL) have carefully followed reports relating to the clashes between the Sierra Leone Police and supporters of the opposition All Peoples Congress (APC) on 31st May, 2019. We have access 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...
