Human Rights Commission urges FOI Law
By Bampia James Bundu
The sixth annual Human Right Commission of Sierra Leone report has called for the passing into law of a Freedom of Information (FOI) Law and for the Sierra Leone Police to review its rules of engagement in maintaining law and order in the country.
More Sierra Leone Police officers arrive Darfur
By Aminata Phidelia Allie
Head of training and recruitment in the Peace Keeping Department of the Sierra Leone Police says a team of 40 policemen on Wednesday landed in Khartoum, northern Sudan on peace mission.
Assistant Superintendent of Police, Hannah Sesay, told a presser in Freetown that the contingent was led by the head of the police internal disciplinary department, CDIID, Chief Superintendent William Fayia Sellu.
Man docked for "violating" juvenile
By Aminata Phidelia Allie
A 23-year-old man has been committed to the High Court for trial on two counts of sexual penetration and for sexually abusing an under-aged girl.
The accused, a security guard at the orphanage where the victim stayed, made his eighth appearance in court yesterday for having sex with the 16-year-old at Wellington between November 1, 2012 and April 13, 2013, leaving the victim pregnant.
