Magistrate Court discharges eighteen accused MALOA members
On the 9th of December 2020, seventeen citizens of Malen Chiefdom, Pujehun District, including a sitting Member of Parliament, Honourable Shiaka Musa Sama, appeared for the last time before the Magistrate Court No.1 in Freetown, after almost two years of a protracted process, with constant adjournment. Magister Hannah Bonnie declared that “the matter ceased to proceed” and that the accused “are all discharged”. The eighteen (one died seeking justice), now seventeen accused were all members of the Malen Affected Land Owners and Users Association (MALOA), a Community Based Organization, advocating for the land rights of their members in the face of the operations of the large-scale palm oil producer, SOCFIN. They were charged with incitement, riotous conduct, conspiracy to commit a felony, and malicious damage following demonstrations and skirmishes between local security forces and the Poro Society on the 21st of
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Police Chiefs Sorry For 1968 Fight Against Decriminalization Of Homosexuality
The apology to the LGBTQ community said police continued to criminalize members of sexual and gender diverse communities even after homosexuality was decriminalized. John Chidley-Hill, Canadian Press
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A screenshot from a video apologizing for Canadian police chiefs opposition to the decriminalization of homosexuality.
TORONTO Canada’s police chiefs are apologizing to LGBTQ communities for their opposition to decriminalizing homosexuality in the late 1960s.
The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police made the formal apology in a statement issued online Thursday.
Chief Bryan Larkin, president of the association, said it was the culmination of two years of research and consultation after a member of the organization pointed out that the group publicly opposed amending the Criminal Code to decriminalize homosexuality in 1968.
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