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Op-Ed: Ruling out violence as a means to achieving compliance with COVID-19 measures in Sierra Leone
By Mustapha Dumbuya On March 25, Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio declared a year-long state of emergency as part of measures to curb the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic, also known as Covid-19. At the point of his declaration, Sierra Leone was yet to record a single case of the virus – the only
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COVID-19 lessons learned from covering the Ebola pandemic in Sierra Leone
This article was published in The Toronto Star online By Mustapha Dumbuya Contributors Amara Bangura Rachel Pulfer Tues., April 7, 2020timer4 min. read Journalists for Human Rights trains local journalists to cover human rights. We work in places where access to basic services ranges from challenging to non-existent. In such environments, journalists work to provide
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JHR-Trained Journalist Named Best Female Reporter at Sierra Leone National Media Awards
Mabel Kabba, a rising star at Radio Democracy, was recently named Best Female Reporter by the Sierra Leone Independent Media Commission at the annual National Media Awards. Mabel began working in Radio six years ago, and is one of five female journalists at her station. In 2013, Mabel worked with JHR Trainer Redmond Shannon on
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Field Notes
Turn on the Taps: A JHR reporting trip brings clean water to Rural Sierra Leone
The taps were shiny and new. A much needed source of clean, safe water. But when you turned them, nothing came out. That was Diana Coker’s discovery on a recent JHR reporting trip. Diana, a reporter with AYV Radio in Freetown started to investigate. The public water taps in Kambia, a small town near the
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Protecting female journalists: JHR Sierra Leone shines at World Press Freedom Conference
JHR Sierra Leone Country Director Yeama Thompson (right) with Liberian journalist Mae Azango More journalists are dying in the line of work: 121 in 2012, to be precise. It’s a number that has doubled in the past two years. In solidarity, UNESCO made the theme of this year’s World Press Freedom Day conference “Safe to Speak”
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Success Stories
JHR gets traditional justice on side in the fight against domestic abuse in Sierra Leone
In the fall of 2011 Issata Kamara’s story on domestic abuse sparked new laws to safeguard the lives of thousands of women in Kambia, Sierra Leone. Thanks to the work of JHR-trainee journalist Kamara, of Radio Kolenten, the 2007 Domestic Violence act criminalizing spousal abuse is being enforced through traditional courts in Kambia – a
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