Liberia
Introduction and Recent News
Other News
- Legal Aid in Liberia
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In a country with only 300 lawyers for an estimated 3.5 million people, PF Liberia’s Legal Aid programme offers hope to those being held on pre-trial detention illegally. For example, programme volunteers facilitated the release of 117 pre-trial detainees from February to June 2009. The volunteer lawyers and lay people, active in four main prisons, collect data on the prisoners in need of assistance, identify necessary evidence and witnesses for court proceedings, and offer mediation services as an alternative mechanism for processing the case.
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- An Indefinite Wait for Freedom
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“Innocent until proven guilty” doesn’t mean much for the nearly 800 prisoners who are crowded into the dirty, dank prison cells of Liberia’s Monrovia Central Prison. Most have yet to be convicted of a crime – some charged with offences as minor as not paying a bill – but they have languished here for years without a trial.
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- Weeding Out the Roots of Resentment
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When the harm inflicted continues on a daily basis, it can be hard to forgive the perpetrator. Read how a PF staff member struggled with this issue and learned to forgive.
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- Facilitating Prisoner Releases in Liberia
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Recently, PF Liberia aided the release of 36 prisoners held for more than 180 days without trial in Monrovia Central Prison and Kakata Prison Centre.
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- Fighting Disease
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When an outbreak of Chicken Pox threatened the entire population of Monrovia Central Prison, PF Liberia stepped in to help. Read how they stopped the disease from spreading and helped save countless lives.
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Mailing Address
P.O. Box 10-3019
1000 Monrovia 10,
Liberia
Affiliate Details
- Executive Director: Francis S. Kollie
- Board Chairperson: Comfort T. Nimineh-Logan
Contact Information
- Phone: +(231) 651 41 61
- Phone: +(231) 656 67 20
- Fax: +(231) 227 435
- Fax: +(231) 226 193
- Email: pfliberia2002@yahoo.com
- Email: unitedchristianassembly@yahoo.com
