Sierra Leone

Human Rights in REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE

Sierra Leone: Lives cut short: Make pregnancy and childbirth safer ...
28 May 2009

Women are at a higher risk of dying in childbirth in Sierra Leone than almost anywhere in the world. Women's right to health is being undermined by discrimination ...

Document       AFR 51/001/2009

Demand Dignity: Case studies on maternal mortality: campaign ...
28 May 2009

More than half a million women die needlessly each year from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth – one every minute. Many others suffer disabling ...

Report       ACT 35/007/2009

Sierra Leone: President Koroma must commute all death row ...
27 April 2009

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: AFR 51/003/2009. 27 April 2009. Sierra Leone: President Koroma must commute all. death row prisoners. ...

Document       AFR 51/003/2009

Senior rebels sentenced to long prison terms in Sierra Leone ...
9 April 2009

Three senior leaders of the Sierra Leone rebel group, the RevolutionaryUnited Front, were sentenced to long prison terms by the SpecialCourt for Sierra Leone on ...

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Sierra Leone: Despite guilty verdicts today, impunity is still the ...
25 February 2009

The judgment issued today by the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) finding three senior members of Sierra Leone’s Revolutionary United Front (RUF) guilty of ...

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Survivors of sexual violence still waiting for justice and ...
1 November 2007

During the conflict between 1991 and 2002, it is estimated that a third of all women and girls in Sierra Leone were subjected to sexual violence. Many of these ...

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Sierra Leone: Mass rally in support of survivors of conflict's ...
1 November 2007

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PRESS RELEASE. AI Index: AFR 51/006/2007 (Public). News Service No: 208. Embargo Date: 1 November 2007 10:00GMT. Sierra Leone: ...

Press Release       AFR 51/006/2007

Sierra Leone: Getting reparations right for survivors of sexual ...
1 November 2007

Six years after the end of the conflict in Sierra Leone, little has been done to ensure that the survivors of sexual violence receive justice, acknowledgement of ...

Report       AFR 51/005/2007

Sierra Leone: Guilty verdicts not the end of the story for victims ...
20 June 2007

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PRESS RELEASE. AI Index: AFR 51/003/2007 (Public). News Service No: 115. 20 June 2007. Sierra Leone: Guilty verdicts ...

Press Release       AFR 51/003/2007

Sierra Leone: Gender laws mean greater rights and protection for ...
19 June 2007

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PRESS RELEASE. AI Index: AFR 51/002/2007 (Public). News Service No: 113. 19 June 2007. Sierra Leone: Gender laws ...

Press Release       AFR 51/002/2007