Justice in Sierra Leone in a Time of Ebola
The government of President Ernest Bai Koroma, which now has wide-ranging powers under the state of emergency, has been accused by human rights groups of illegal arrests and detentions.
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Sierra Leone:
Justice in a Time of Ebola
The Daily Vox, 9 February 2015
Sierra Leone imposed a state of emergency in July 2014, with the stated aim of giving the government more power to deal with the Ebola outbreak. However, it has overstepped the… Read more »
An Ebola survivor returns home.
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Sierra Leone:
Paramount Chief Threatens to Jail Ebola Survivors
Concord, 5 February 2015
Paramount Chief of Bombali Shebora Chiefdom in the Bombali District, Chief Bai Shebora Kasanga II, has threatened to jail any Ebola survivor who has intercourse with their partners… Read more »
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Sierra Leone:
First Lady Urges Police Wives to Serve As Watchdogs for Ebola Cases
Concord, 23 January 2015
First Lady Sia Nyama Koroma yesterday urged members of the Sierra Leone Police Wives Association, especially those leaving in barracks across the country, to serve as watchdogs and… Read more »
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Sierra Leone:
Unauthorized Burial Lands Man in Prison
Concord, 16 January 2015
One Osman Kamara, a resident of Koya community in Wellington, east of Freetown, was Monday (14 January) arrested for flouting public emergency regulations after it emerged that he… Read more »
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West Africa:
Human Traffickers Bemoan World's Worst-Ever Ebola Epidemic [SATIRE]
The Daily Vox, 12 January 2015
The world's worst Ebola outbreak is putting an end to human trafficking in west Africa, an expert in the international slave trade has said. Read more »
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Sierra Leone:
Prison Watch Fears Ebola Spread in Correctional Centers
Concord, 15 December 2014
Prison Watch Sierra Leone has expressed fear of a looming Ebola outbreak in correctional centers across the country due to over congestion. Read more »
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Sierra Leone:
Bodies Dumped in Ebola Pay Dispute in Sierra Leone
DW, 25 November 2014
A dispute over pay has seen burial teams dump bodies of Ebola victims in the street in eastern Sierra Leone. At least a dozen corpses were left outside a public hospital. Read more »
InFocus
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A lack of doctors to examine women who have been sexually assaulted means that they have no evidence to take to the courts, even if they were open. Read more »
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"The influx of personnel from the international agencies and NGOs is very present...with their distinctive logos of the Red Cross, SCF, UN, etc drive around, going past the ... Read more »
