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Pro-democracy Activist lawyer @marrahandassos
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Joined May 2019
RT @JosefSkrdlik: The story also exposes the daughter's exposure to the UN Security Council in New York and expensive property purchases in…
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RT @JosefSkrdlik: One of Europe's most wanted, Dutch cocaine kingpin Jos Leijdekkers, lived undisturbed in Sierra Leone for two years and a…
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RT @Channel4News: For the first time in its 131 year history, the Bar Council which represents barristers in England and Wales has appointe…
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If the unconfirmed reports are true that Thomas Dixon, a renowned journalist is in hiding or is held up incommunicado as a result of a critical post/story against the Inspector General of Police, then this is like rolling back the hands of progress. It would appear that while the govt is repealing the criminal seditious libel laws with one hand, the police is using the other hand to repress journalists and send chills down their spines while they do their work as the fourth estate of government. Journalists should not be on the run because of their work. Journalists should not be locked up for writing even the most critical pieces against holders of public offices. Media freedom is not a favour—it is an integral aspect of democracy. The people can wait for good roads, constant electricity supply, food security and economic boom, but freedom of expression and the media cannot wait and must not be delayed in any democracy. Respect and protect the right of Thomas Dixon to ply his media trade. Journalists are not criminals!!!
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Excerpt of STATEMENT by the LAWYERS’ SOCIETY on the REMOVAL of the AUDITOR GENERAL “Parliament has a sacred duty to uphold fairness and justice in its proceedings. The apparent haste to remove the Auditor General, without ensuring the necessary procedural propriety, is deeply concerning. The Society is particularly troubled by the implications of this decision for the independence of offices designed to check executive power. If the Auditor General, who enjoys protections akin to judges of the Superior Court of Judicature, can be removed under such questionable circumstances, we fear for the future independence of our judiciary.”
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18m people cast their votes in Ghana. By the next morning less than 24 hours, their votes had been counted and a winner announced. So, what exactly was our 🇸🇱 electoral commission doing with over 2m votes for 3 straight days before announcing a winner? I’m not thinking what you’re thinking!
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Enthralling ode to the heritage of the Cotton Tree, a symbol of our long history of slavery, of freedom, of survival, of triumph and of hope in Freetown. The Cotton Tree was our past, it is our present and represents the remaking of our future. Thanks to @houseof_salone for telling the story of our immortal Cotton Tree in a deeply riveting short film.
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When I first read the statement by EDSA in respect of the power-cut during the interview of the First Lady in a radio program in Kenema, I chuckled it off as a joke. No way, a whole institution that has never apologised to the countless families who have lost their dear ones in the hospitals for lack of electricity or power-cuts or the many destines lost in the hands of the inefficiencies of EDSA, would render so immediately a public apology to the First Lady. Don’t get me wrong! The First Lady should be respected. She’s the wife of our Fountain of Honour. But the height to which our professionals have taken sycophancy is now beyond ridiculous. If EDSA had been doing this to poor citizens and residents who are their customers, there won’t be a problem with this apology. I have always said that before any nation finds itself in the ground, professionals who should build institutions, would have first gone on errands for political masters and mistresses.
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