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Philippines ex-President arrested amid ICC arrest warrant
Duterte, 79, was detained upon landing at Manila’s international airport after returning from a campaign visit to Hong Kong on Tuesday.
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Death penalty abolished in Zimbabwe
Human rights organization Amnesty International commended the decision, calling it a "beacon of hope" for regional movements advocating against the death penalty. However, the group expressed concerns over a provision allowing the death pen...
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CHRAJ writes to President : Calls for signing of Anti-Witchcraft Bill
It notes that signing this bill will strengthen the protection of vulnerable individuals and enhance Ghana's human rights reputation.
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Commute death sentence of 184 convicts to life imprisonment- Amnesty Int'l to Gov't
Although Ghana has not executed anyone since 1993, she stressed the need for the government to commute existing death sentences to life imprisonment.
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High Court dismisses Dafeamekpor suit to compel Akuffo Addo, Bagbin to act on anti-LGBTQI bill
The court, presided over by Justice Ellen Lordina Serwah Mireku held in dismissing the suit that there are two pending suits at the Supreme Court challenging parliament’s processes
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Court grants Dafeamekpor's motion, adjourns suit seeking to compel Akufo-Addo to sign Anti-LGBTQI bill
Per the motion, the applicant, highlighted the important nature of the suit and the need for it to be given urgent attention.
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Dafeamekpor goes to court; wants Akufo-Addo to be compelled to sign LGBTQI Bill
Further, he is seeking the court to compel the Speaker of Parliament to submit the bill to the presidency as required by law
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Restrain parliament from forwarding Anti-LGBTQ Bill to president-Gender activist to Supreme Court
She is specifically seeking an interlocutory injunction to restrain the Speaker of Parliament, Clerk, etc. from forwarding the bill to the President for his assent pending the final determination of the suit.
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President Akufo-Addo to await supreme court verdict on anti-LGBTQ+ bill before deciding to sign into law
This commitment comes in the wake of a legal challenge against the bill initiated by an individual.
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Parliament passes anti-LGBTQ+ bill
The bill passed on Wednesday, seeks to criminalise LGBTQ practices and advocacy.
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Europe
UK Immigration Minister quits as Sunak unveils new Rwanda Asylum Bill
The government’s ill-fated plan to send some asylum seekers awaiting decisions on their claims to the African nation Rwanda has been the subject of extensive legal challenge since it was announced in April 2022.
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Respected Lawyer and Human rights activist Akoto Ampaw dead
The lawyer is reported to have died in the early hours of today, October 20, after a short illness.
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Africa
Five Nigerians jailed for exhuming skull 'to get rich'
They had planned to take it to a traditional doctor who said it was needed for rituals that would make them rich.
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Full Speech by The Attorney-General of Ghana at the 2023 Ghana Bar Conference
When I look back at certain cases whose outcomes I consider undesirable, regardless of my own views on the questions being judged in them, I come to the conclusion that, we have in this country a fiercely independent Judiciary in which all...
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High Court dismisses Rev Kusi Boateng's application against Ablakwa
Rev Kusi Boateng was seeking the enforcement of his fundamental human rights under Article 33 (1) of the 1992 Constitution.
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ECOWAS court awards 50 million CFA against Burkina Faso
This amount, according to the court, is to compensate for the moral damages suffered following the violation of his right to a fair trial in reasonable time over his retirement 20 years ago.
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Let’s address the gaps in rights of Ghanaians – Godfred Dame
“Despite the constitutional guarantees of equal rights and the progress made, much work remains to be done to address the gaps and rights of all Ghanaians to boost up the nation,”
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CHRAJ says it is investigating 428 cases of non-compliance with Assert Declaration law
Although he did not name the particular public officials involved, he is reported to have said the investigations extends to officials who failed to declare their assets in 2020.
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Law, Religion, Power: Participants of UPSA Global Law College ad idem on role of the state
In recent times, as if in keeping with the ‘religious opium’ view of the Marxists, churches especially in Ghana and Africa, are seen as perpetrating human rights abuses in their exorcist practices.
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KNUST Law Dean to speak at public lecture in honour of Baffour Osei Akoto
The lecture will be held at the KNUST Law Auditorium and on the theme, ‘Human Rights Activisim and Freedom in Modern Ghana – The Role of Baffour Osei Akoto.’.
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