Cheryl Sembie

Research Scholar @LeadersAfrica| LLD Candidate @UWConline | Founder @Justice99999| Gender Consultant @CarterCenter

[Cheryl Sembie @cherylsembie]

This week at the #TechnologyPolicyHackathon2025, hosted by @TechHiveAfrica and @law_innovation_ _, has sharpened my reflections on how digital governance intersects with justice, power, and inclusion.
#TechPolicy #DigitalJustice

[Cheryl Sembie @cherylsembie]

Grateful to have joined brilliant minds at #Hackathon2025 to explore tech, ethics, and justice. Proud that Group 4 placed 1st Runner-Up! The work continues—next week, I will launch a newsletter on tech policy, governance, and inclusion. 🌍✨ #DigitalJustice #AfricaTech

[Cheryl Sembie @cherylsembie]

This week at the #TechnologyPolicyHackathon2025, hosted by @TechHiveAfrica and @law_innovation_ _, has sharpened my reflections on how digital governance intersects with justice, power, and inclusion.
#TechPolicy #DigitalJustice

[Alpha Bah @AlphajorbaBah]

This is utterly despicable and shows a complete lack of compassion. Urgent police detention reforms are needed to address the deplorable and inhumane conditions in which detainees and prisoners are being held. We can—and must—do better as a nation. Where is our humanity and sense of responsibility toward our fellow citizens? @MoiceComm @UNHumanRights @julius_maadabio #SaloneX #SaloneTwitter

[Cheryl Sembie @cherylsembie]

As our group navigates the #TechPolicyHackathon2025 exercise, I keep returning to one core question:
How do we design for trust, not just compliance, in African tech governance?
It's not only about data or systems. It's about justice, transparency, and voice.
#SDG16Plus

[Cheryl Sembie @cherylsembie]

"How do we build digital systems that do not just automate authority, but earn public trust?"
I'm still reflecting on this as we begin building in #Hackathon2025.

[Cheryl Sembie @cherylsembie]

@BintuMansaray9 Congratulations 🎊

[Cheryl Sembie @cherylsembie]

@SoeMarrah My sincere condolences 🙏 @SoeMarrah. May eternal light rest on their gentle souls.

[Cheryl Sembie @cherylsembie]

@TitusOsundina Congratulations Titus 🎊

[Augustine Sorie-Sengbe Marrah @SoeMarrah]

I have seen and read the many celebratory tributes on free movement during yesterday’s elections. The WIN was for all of us—because participation in democratic processes and electoral rights MUST never be restricted arbitrarily. As citizens, we must endeavour to fertilize our democracy by our voices and actions. Our courts, in this case, demonstrated how democratic breakthroughs can be accelerated by judicial activism. I’m grateful to @WilliamsYada_H for litigating my case in the Supreme Court with his characteristic fearlessness and fierceness, and to the community of fellow activists and right practitioners and all those who labour on a daily basis to push the boundaries of our democracy.

[ILRAJ @ILRAJ2]

Our lawyers visited @PoliceLeone stations today to gather information on the arrest of opposition activists following the events on June 21. Here's what we found:

CID HQ - 17 arrests (6 granted bail)
Waterloo - 24 arrests (No bail so far)
Ross Road - 27 arrests (No bail so far)
Goderich - 1 arrest (No bail)
Kissy (Old Road) - 2 arrests (No bail)
Aberdeen - 0 arrests
East End Police - (Referred to CID)
Central - 1 arrest (No bail)
Lumley - (Referred to CID HQ)
Congo Cross - 0 arrest

Total Arrests: 72
Total Bail Granted: 6

We were informed that all files have been sent to the DPP as the police claim they don't have the power to release them.

In the interim, @LansanaDumbuya, the opposition APC National Secretary, who was arrested yesterday, has been released. #JusticeForOppositionActivists #ProtectHumanRights #SierraLeoneDecides2023 #SaloneTwitter @sierraeyesalone @ProfOsinbajo @LisaJChesney

[Beamie-Moses Seiwoh @BeamieMoses]

Sierra Leoneans, remember, your vote is your voice. It holds the power to shape the future of our nation. Embrace this responsibility and make informed choices on Sat that align with our shared aspirations.
#SierraLeone #Elections #Progress #Unity #VoteResponsibly #TogetherWeRise

[UNDP South Sudan @undpsouthsudan]

Today, @undpsouthsudan, with support from @NLinSouthSudan, deployed 4 core staff to the Judicial Reform Committee (JRC) secretariat; and handed over ICT equipment, office material & a content management system to the Chair of the ad hoc JRC at the inauguration of the Secretariat.

[UNDP South Sudan @undpsouthsudan]

UNDP staff join the world to STOP and FIGHT AGAINST #GBV.

✅Take Responsibility; Protect Women and Girls against gender-based violence.

#16DaysofActivism2022

[UNDP South Sudan @undpsouthsudan]

The 🇸🇸 delegation met the Commissioner and Prosecutor of the 🇿🇦 Truth & Reconciliation Commission on #Day2. The focus was on the mandate & structure of the TRC, its work on unearthing gross human rights violations, and how it addressed amnesty and reparations. #SSOT

[UNDP South Sudan @undpsouthsudan]

The delegation paid a courtesy call to the 🇿🇦 Min. of Justice & Correctional Services. They discussed the Ministry's role in setting up the #TRC and post-TRC process. The Minister pledged capacity building and technical support to empower 🇸🇸 officials through 🇿🇦 Justice College.

[UNDP South Sudan @undpsouthsudan]

On Day 3, the #SouthSudan delegation visited the Foundation for Human Rights 🇿🇦. The deliberations emphasized on primacy of victims and the importance of closure and justice for them, and how public participation is crucial for trust building and legitimacy of the #TJ process.

[UNDP South Sudan @undpsouthsudan]

On this #WorldAIDSDay, the South Sudan AIDS Commission launched a HIV Legal Environment Assessment report, with the support of @undpsouthsudan and @UNAIDS. The report provides a robust evidence base of barriers to tackling inequalities in #SouthSudans national AIDS response.

[UNDP South Sudan @undpsouthsudan]

Day 4: Meeting with the Chair and members of the National council of Provinces (Lower House).

Among other key issues discussed was whether to apply individual, community or symbolic reparations in SS.

The chair declared interest to engage with 🇸🇸 in their #TJ process.

[UNDP South Sudan @undpsouthsudan]

Day 5; meeting with former commissioners of 🇿🇦 TRC

Key issues;
✅Establishing a truth commission must consider local legal and political trade-offs while meeting international law demands.
✅Community reparations should be encouraged over financial and individual reparations.