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CARL calls for public support in the fight against corruption, emphasizes the need for peaceful and expeditious resolution of complaints
The Centre for Accountability and Rule of Law (CARL) today urged Sierra Leoneans to demonstrate unwavering support for ongoing anti-corruption efforts in the country, pointing out that the scourge of corruption remains a binding constraint to the country’s development...
CARL Welcomes appointment of Anthony Brewah as Attorney-General and Minister of Justice
The Executive Director of Centre for Accountability and Rule of Law (CARL) has welcomed the appointment of Anthony Brewah ESQ. as the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice of the Republic of Sierra Leone. Mr. Brewah replaces Dr. Priscilla Schwartz, who held the...
CARL Launches Nationwide Human Rights Monitoring Project to Support Covid-19 Response Efforts
Thanks to funding from the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), the Centre for Accountability and Rule of Law (CARL) today launched a $40,000 project aimed at monitoring and documenting human rights violations, ensuring transparency and accountability in...
CARL DEMANDS JUSTICE FOR POLITICALLY MOTIVATED VIOLENCE AND DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS
At the acme of 2018 elections campaigns, which seemed like a do-or-die affair, N’Daimoh A. Bangura dared to participate amidst intense violence, intimidation and discrimination, and defied these age-old barriers to women’s participation particularly in a...
…but reports of police firing live bullets at defenceless protesters in Kabala
I can't put anything past our Sierra Leone Police these days, but reports of police firing live bullets at defenceless protesters in Kabala today may have just taken police brutality to a whole new level. Unless the police can prove that those demonstrators were armed...