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...
by sabrinamahtani | Jan 20, 2015 | Advocacy, Blogs, Legal Aid, Press Releases
Criminal Justice Organisations call on the President to revisit and revoke his Executive Detention Order of 24 October 2014 On 24 October 2014 His Excellency President Ernest Bai Koroma signed an Executive Detention Order against 34 people using his powers under the...
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 Executive Director | Feb 6, 2012 | Blogs
PRESS RELEASE: 22 “LOITERING” PRISONERS RELEASED BY THE CHIEF JUSTICE FOLLOWING ADVOCAID INTERVENTION 22 people (7 men, 12 women, 4 juveniles) convicted of loitering and sentenced to 6 months imprisonment at Pademba Road and Freetown Female Prisons, were dramatically...
