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Two Gay Rights Advocates Missing

Two reporters of a local media outlet in Sierra Leone (Mikaliu Jalloh and Cherinor Abdul) are presently on the run after they escaped an attack by some members of the public who are totally opposed to Gay rights in Sierra Leone. The two Journalists who were very much celebrated for their outspokenness in condemning attacks and discrimination against Gays in Sierra Leone have gone missing for months now and their whereabouts remains unknown. Mikaliu and his colleague Cherinor served as the mouth piece for the isolated Gay community in Sierra Leone and used their positions as media practitioners to educate people about the need to accept those involved in the practice as it has to do with their human right and freedom. There actions received widespread condemnation and were said to have been issued with series of death threats by some angry members of the public who are in contention with their actions. Sierra Leoneans are highly religious and majority find it very difficult discus