Published 3 years ago

Ghana: Drop Charges Against LGBT Rights Defenders

Summary by Ground News

The activists were charged with “unlawful assembly’ for attending a meeting on how to document and report human rights violations against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. The High Court released the activists on bail after 22 days in detention. Police justified the arrest on the grounds that the training session was promoting homosexuality and that the gathering was an unlawful assembly.

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Ghana: Drop Charges Against LGBT Rights Defenders

Ghana’s attorney general should drop charges against 21 human rights defenders who face ongoing judicial harassment after attending a paralegal training session.

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