by sabrinamahtani | Dec 23, 2013 | Advocacy, Blogs, Legal Aid, News, Press Releases
Fatmata is a young secondary school girl, around 18 years old, who is currently being held in police custody at Magburaka Police Station, Northern Sierra Leone. She has been held since 3 December 2013 without charge, way over the 10 day constitutional time limit....
by sabrinamahtani | Oct 10, 2013 | Blogs, Death penalty, Press Releases
On World Day Against the Death Penalty, 10 October 2013, AdvocAid renews its campaign to ensure that the death penalty is fully abolished in Sierra Leone. The current constitutional review process underway is an excellent opportunity to ensure that the Truth and...
by sabrinamahtani | Nov 22, 2012 | Advocacy, Blogs, Legal Aid, News, Press Releases
We, the following civil society organisations, AdvocAid, Amnesty International, Centre for Accountability & Rule of Law (CARL), L.A.W.Y.E.RS (Legal Access through Women Yearning for Equality Rights & Social justice), and Prison Watch, strongly condemn the...
by sabrinamahtani | Nov 21, 2012 | Advocacy, Blogs, Press Releases, Publications
AdvocAid’s work, particularly our recent research report on Women, Debt and Detention, was featured in an IRIN news report (below). SIERRA LEONE: Women, debt and detention Photo: Otto Bakano/IRIN Juveniles in a police cell in a Sierra Leone, where women are...
by sabrinamahtani | Aug 28, 2012 | Advocacy, Blogs, Death penalty, Press Releases
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...
by sabrinamahtani | Jan 3, 2012 | Advocacy, Blogs, Death penalty, Legal Aid, News, Press Releases
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...
