Sabrina Mahtani, Author at African Arguments

Author: Sabrina Mahtani

Sabrina Mahtani

Sabrina Mahtani is a British-Zambian human rights lawyer. She previously worked for Amnesty International and is a co-founder of AdvocAid, a civil society organisation in Sierra Leone that provides access to justice for women and girls. She writes in a personal capacity.

Covid-19 Society

By Sabrina Mahtani
March 30, 2020
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We need to decongest Africa’s prisons urgently. For everyone’s sake.

There are three steps governments across Africa can take to avoid COVID-19 spreading through over-crowded prisons. Across the continent, prisons are overcrowded. They exceed capacity and ...

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Sierra Leone Society Top story

By Sabrina Mahtani
January 27, 2020
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Sierra Leone’s ban of pregnant school girls outlawed in landmark ruling

The ECOWAS court ruling could have important implications for Sierra Leone, external partners and other countries with similar bans. Last month, in a milestone ruling, a ...

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