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Ghana: Supreme Court Upholds Colonial-Era Anti-LGBT Law
HRW, 29 July 2024
Upholds Harmful Criminal Provisions as Government Considers Even Worse Bill Read more »
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Ghana: Ghana Upholds Anti-Gay Law
UN News, 26 July 2024
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday denounced the recent Supreme Court ruling in Ghana that upholds the country's Criminal Offences Act, which… Read more »
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Ghana: Ghana and Uganda Echo Each Other's Clamp Down On Gay People
ISS, 26 April 2024
Ghana's anti-gay bill passed this year has been widely condemned as 'brutal, harsh and unjust.' Read more »
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Africa: We Need to Reclaim Pan-Africanism Through Love - for Everyone
HRW, 8 July 2024
Media headlines are full of bad news about LGBTQ+ people across the African continent these days. They are insulted by public officials, attacked and killed by police and… Read more »
'Ghana Missed Opportunity To Rid Colonial-Era Anti-Gay Law'
Human Rights Watch has joined other campaign groups in criticizing Ghana's Supreme Court ruling upholding the criminalization of adult consensual same-sex conduct.
Earlier a spokeperson for the UN Human Rights Commission said the ruling is "especially concerning given reports of a recent spike in violence against LGBTQ+ people" in the country. The court Last week rejected a case contesting the statute and upheld the possibility of three years of imprisonment for violators.
InFocus
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The Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed an application seeking to stop Parliament from considering the LGBTQi+ bill. A researcher, Dr Amanda Odoi, filed a case at the SC alleging ... Read more »
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Ghana's Justice Minister and Attorney-General Godfred Dame, has said that the anti-LGBTQI+ Bill is not unconstitutional but faces fundamental challenges. Read more »
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In Ghana, a country where gay sex is punishable by up to three years in jail and where persecution of queer people is common, the new Anti-Gay Bill will go one step further - ... Read more »
