Sierra Leone
Overview
Sierra Leone agreed to ratify several international human rights treaties, but did not accept a number of recommendations made during the UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process. Unwarranted restrictions on the freedoms of expression, peaceful assembly and association continued to be imposed. Violence against women and girls was widespread and pregnant girls were excluded from school, including exams. Disputes over land use caused growing tensions.
Death penalty status
Abolitionist in practice
Retains the death penalty in law, but hasn’t executed for at least 10 years
News
Sierra Leone: Housing and environmental failures behind shocking scale of mudslide deaths
Sierra Leone: One dead, two seriously injured as security forces open fire on protesting students
Sierra Leone: Continued pregnancy ban in schools and failure to protect rights is threatening teenage girls’ futures
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