By Fasalie Sulaiman Kamara and Jenneh Braima
The President of the Sierra Leone Labour Congress has told Politico that the proposed election of an executive for the Dock Workers' Union "is getting direct government interference".
Human Rights Commission clocks 7
A Commissioner of the Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone on Tuesday reflected on the 7-year existence of the organisation.
Marking International Human Rights Day at the Atlantic Hall, Jamesina King said the commission had very "humble beginnings" and like a baby it has gone through several stages of growth.
No show in court for Mahmoud Tarawallie
By Aminata Phidelia Allie
Reliable court sources have revealed to Politico that the rape case involving the sacked deputy minister of education was not called up on Tuesday, 10 December because he has not yet been served an indictment.
Kono PCs commit to women’s rights
By Septimus Senessie in Kono.
Paramount chiefs and their section chiefs from almost all 14 chiefdoms of Kono District have committed themselves to upholding and promoting the rights of women to land and inheritance in their chiefdoms.
MPs discuss legalisation of partial abortion
By Crispina Cummings
IPAS, an organisation working on women’s health and reproductive rights last week held a workshop with parliamentarians to discuss safe abortion before the tabling of a bill that will allow for qualified abortion. The bill will seek to allow for the termination of pregnancy if it was caused by rape, incest, or if the woman’s life is in danger by the pregnancy.
Nimikor Chiefdom bags surface rent
P.C. Aiah Denton Bona Foamansa III displaying a ceremonial cheque presented by Nimini Mining Limited.
By James Tamba Lebbie
First music video inside Freetown female prison
The first ever music video was filmed inside the new Freetown Female Prison last week to mark 16 days of activism against violence against women. According to a press release, one of Sierra Leone’s leading female hip hop artists, Star Zee, partnered with civil society organisation, AdvocAid, "to record a song educating women about their legal rights".
