Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 May 2020: Police in Freetown entered Dr Blyden’s property yesterday, after breaking the door to gain entry to search for evidence they say could incriminate her for an alleged offence of ‘subverting the state’. After a thorough search they took away several items including documents and [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 May 2020: The Sierra Leone police has been on national TV displaying what it says is evidence it needs to bring charges in court against Dr Sylvia Blyden, who has been locked up in prison since the 1st of May 2020, without charge, whilst CID detectives [Read More]
Israel Ojekeh Parper (Snr): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 May 2020: Was the 2000 or 3000 bags of rice in Pademba Road Prison stores a factor in the staged Prison break out? What were SLPP people like Fatmata Sawaneh doing at the Prison at 3am in the morning even before the [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 06 May 2020: Dr Kandeh Yumkella – the parliamentary leader of the National Grand Coalition party and a member of parliament of the Kambia district, was on television in Freetown yesterday speaking about the rapidly deteriorating disorder in the country, amid rising political tension, and police arrest [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 04 May 2020: Four days after Dr Sylvia Blyden was arrested and continues to be locked up by police in Freetown without charge, the Sierra Leone police has this evening released a statement explaining why they have arrested the journalist and opposition politician. The Media and Public [Read More]
50/50 Group: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 04 May 2020: The 50/50 Group joins other civil society groups in expressing concern about the recent spate of events, including the death of a number of persons during the Pademba Road disturbances, and in particular, the arrest of a number of high-profile women, including [Read More]
Alhaji M. B. Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 04 May 2020: Police Headquarters in Freetown has instructed the CID not to allow any member of the opposition APC party to visit the detained consultant editor of the Awareness Times Newspaper – Dr Sylvia Olayinka Blyden. Dr. Sylvia Blyden was arrested and [Read More]
CHRDI: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 03 May 2020: As a policy advocacy and human rights organisation based in Sierra Leone, one of our aims is to promote public accountability and respect for human rights and the enhancement of safety, security and justice. That is why The Campaign for Human Rights and [Read More]
Ahmed Sahid Nasralla: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 03 May 2020: Following allegations that the Publisher of Awareness Times newspaper, Dr. Sylvia Blyden, was arrested because of her critical and controversial publications and postings on social media, we visited the CID yesterday, Saturday, 2nd May, 2020 at around 5pm to find out [Read More]
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