Bid to overturn Sierra Leone loitering laws that activists claim ‘criminalise poverty’

People on the move in Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown. Loitering is still punishable by law. Photograph: John Wessels/AFP/Getty Images

People on the move in Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown. Loitering is still punishable by law. Photograph: John Wessels/AFP/Getty Images

source https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/may/04/bid-to-overturn-sierra-leone-loitering-laws-that-activists-claim-criminalise-poverty