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16th July, 2014 - Freetown, Sierra Leone:
On International Justice Day: CARL Urges African Leaders to 'demonstrate respect for victims'
Sierra Leone Police clash with importers' union
By Mustapha Sesay
Police yesterday clashed with protesting traders in parts of the Freetown business district using teargas to break up what the constabulary described as an “illegal demonstration” leaving all shops bolted. It left the centre of the capital. Police spokesman, Assistant Superintendent Ibrahim Samura confirmed that seven people were arrested and would be charged "for riotous conduct in the next 48 hours".
“Hand sanitizers don’t prevent Ebola” - MOHS official
By Bampia James Bundu
The National Programme Manager in the ministry of health has warned Sierra Leoneans to be cautious about the use of hand sanitizer as "it does not prevent contact with the Ebola disease because the virus is too strong and dangerous to be constrained by a hand sanitizer”.
Africell awards 432 subscribers
432 subscribers to the mobile phone telecoms company, Africell have received cash awards as part of the company’s “play and win” promotion.
The promotion, which was launched in June to run alongside the just-concluded World Cup, aimed at “giving away” a total sum of Le 500 million to “faithful and active subscribers”, according to the company’s Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Joe Abass Bangura.
Former MP urges tax compliance in Moyamba
By Jenneh Braima
A former Member of Parliament has urged ward committee members in the Moyamba District to pay their taxes for the development of their communities. Addressing participants at a tax promotion and revenue mobilisation training organised in Taiama, Joseph Kaindoh said that tax payment was very important as it not only helped local councils to develop but also reduced burden on the central government.
HRCSL monitors prisons, hospitals
By Bampia James Bundu
Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone, HRCSL has partnered with the parliamentary oversight committee on human rights to undertake "a macro-monitoring activity" in the three headquarter towns of Makeni, Kenema and Bo.
Human rights commissioner, Abdulai Brima Sheriff, who led the team said the move was to assess the extent of human rights violations in police cells, prisons and health facilities in those areas.
