sierra leone

Legal Fictions and Harsh Realities in Pademba Road Prison - Ali Thompson

Submitted by myles on February 4, 2007 - 9:05pm.

 

In Sierra Leone, the lines that are supposed to lie between rebel and civilian, sister and enemy, child and combatant, have, in this small countryí¢â‚¬â„¢s tumultuous history, become difficult to identify with any certainty. The country continually manages to slip through the dichotomous í¢â‚¬Ëœwar and peaceí¢â‚¬â„¢ categories with which the international community attempts to define it with. Most often, it feels as though this patch of land exists in a space in-between.