Sierra Leone activists flee abroad as police hunt them
From Erasing 76 Crimes · Colin Stewart · 11 September 2026
LGBTQ+ rights activists George Freeman and Edwin Deen feel ‘trapped, unprotected, and overwhelmed’ Hunted by police, scorned by family and evicted by their landlady, two LGBTQ+ rights activists from Sierra Leone have fled the country for their safety. George Reginald Freeman Browne, the executive di...
LGBTQ+ rights activists George Freeman and Edwin Deen feel ‘trapped, unprotected, and overwhelmed’ Hunted by police, scorned by family and evicted by their landlady, two LGBTQ+ rights activists from Sierra Leone have fled the country for their safety. George Reginald Freeman Browne, the executive director of the LGBT+ rights organization Pride Equality, and his partner,…