By Abass Jalloh The Foundation for Rural and Urban Transformation (FoRUT), which seeks to empower citizens to fight against human rights abuses and empower people, met with stakeholders from various communities in the Western Area in a bid to share their successes and challenges of their activities in the past year and plans for 2022. The meeting was held on Wednesday 9th
WITHDRAWING MONEY FROM BANKS vs. SOCIAL DISTANCING Surely there has to be a better way to deal with customers turning up at our various commercial banks to do business with the few hours the banks now operate due to the restrictions imposed by the authorities to fight coronavirus. The Sierra Leone Commercial bank at Siaka Steven Street has constructed a canopy outside to
Francis Munu, Police boss Deputy head of discipline at the Complaint Discipline and Internal Investigations Department, CDIID of the Sierra Leone police has told Politico that all officers who commit criminal offences are disciplined, dismissed and charged to court.
By Saio Marrah Magistrate Mark Ngegba in Freetown has remanded four accused persons, Abubakarr Jah, Abdurrahman Mansallay, Arthur Matturi, and Finnah Hawanatu Marrah on an allegation of defrauding a complainant, Iye Mansaray of $5,000 and NLe 60,000. Jah (32), 38-year-old Mansallay, Matturi (29), and 21-year-old Ms. Marrah were said to have committed the crime between Tuesday
By Abdulai Fasineh Dumbuya In order to minimize the threats it poses to society, the Human Rights Defenders Network –Sierra Leone in Partnership with Restitution Impact Limited has vowed to fight against corruption using a human rights-based approach. The Human Rights Group made the commitment during a one-day training of over 40 Civil Society Organization (CSO) at the