Search results for "human rights issues"

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General
Ghana Bar Association adopts new Bar Scale of fees
Agbesi Dzakpasu Esq moved the motion for the acceptance of the Scale of fees and was seconded by Perpetual Yankson Esq.
DL News20 April 2022
Europe
Ed Sheeran wins Shape of You copyright case and hits out at 'baseless' claims
The Shape of You songwriters took legal action in 2018 after the track's royalties were frozen when Chokri and O'Donoghue asked the Performing Rights Society (PRS) to add them to the hit's credits as co-writers.
BBC7 April 2022
Africa
Nigerian atheist Mubarak Bala jailed for blaspheming Islam
Mubarak Bala, a 37-year-old president of the Humanist Association of Nigeria was arrested in 2020 after a group of Muslims filed a petition to authorities accusing him of posting uncomplimentary messages about Islam on social media.
BBC5 April 2022
Courts
Hon Sosu’s motion for interlocutory injunction against IGP dismissed
The Court, presided over by Justice Barbara N. Tetteh-Charway in dismissing the application, further described the same as “inappropriate."
DL News28 March 2022
Crime
Ho: 11 foreign nationals, Ghanaian arrested for commercial sex work
Police say their intelligence reports linked the activities of commercial sex workers to break-ins, robbery, and the recent incidents of murder within the Municipality.
DL News21 March 2022
Courts
Law Firms can sue, maintain actions to claim legal fees in their names-Court of Appeal
According to the court, upon incorporation, a body becomes a legal entity with rights to sue and to be sued under the COMPANIES ACT 2019(Act 992) thus a Law Firm like Atuguba & Associates which has duly incorporated and issued with a Certif...
DL News4 February 2022
Others
Cuba says more than 700 charged over anti-government protests
The public prosecutor’s office said 172 people had already been tried and convicted, without giving details.
BBC26 January 2022
Africa
Same-sex couples in Namibia lose court bid over spouses
A panel of three judges has dismissed an application by same-sex couples in Namibia for their foreign spouses to live and work in the country.
BBC21 January 2022
General
Aung San Suu Kyi: Myanmar court sentences ousted leader to four years jail
Ms Suu Kyi faces 11 charges in total, which have been widely condemned as unjust. She has denied all charges.
DENNISLAW NEWS6 December 2021
Crime
Alleged coup plotters’ permission was not secured before recording- Defence Lawyers
The right to privacy is not absolute. It can be infringed upon in the interest of the state,
DL News2 November 2021
Courts
Parliament orders GLC to admit 499 Law School applicants
Furthermore, the President of the Students’ Representative Council(SRC) of the Ghana School of Law, Wonder Kutor at a press conference on October 7, 2021, called on the General Legal Council(GLC) to admit the 499 additional candidates who q...
DL News29 October 2021
Courts
Compel General Legal Council to offer us admission-143 Law School applicants to court
The suit which was deposed to by one Daniel Sackey, an applicant of the GSL, is seeking the court’s intervention to curb irreparable damage that will be done to them if the 2021/2022 academic year of the Ghana School of Law is started witho...
DENNISLAW NEWS22 October 2021
General
Voting on anti-LGBT bill will not be by secret ballot – Dep. Minority whip
The bill, popularly referred to as the anti-LGBTQ+ bill has garnered support from large sections of the population including leading religious groupings in the country.
DL News15 October 2021
Africa
‘Hotel Rwanda’ film hero found guilty in terrorism case by Rwandan court
Rusesabagina became a global celebrity after the film, which depicted him risking his life to shelter hundreds as the boss of a luxury hotel in the Rwandan capital Kigali during the 100-day genocide when Hutu ethnic extremists killed more t...
DL News20 September 2021
General
Democracy requires transparency in conflict resolution – Chief Justice affirms
Ghana’s case tracking system was introduced in 2018 to support key actors in the justice delivery system in their efforts to collect, collate and harmonize data in a way that ensures effective justice delivery.
DL News9 September 2021
Courts
Ho Court acquits and discharges 21 suspected LGBTQI advocates over lack of evidence
all 21 persons denied being gays and lesbians
DL News10 August 2021
US
Mexico holds referendum on whether to prosecute ex-presidents
Mexico is ranked 124th out of 179 on Transparency International’s world Corruption Perceptions Index.
DL News2 August 2021
Asia
Hong Kong: First person charged under national security law found guilty
These freedoms are enshrined in Hong Kong’s mini-constitution, the Basic Law, which was meant to last until 2047
DL News27 July 2021
Courts
Rasta student sues Achimota school, demands to be admitted and compensated
The family of a student denied admission at the Achimota School because of his dreadlocks has sued the institution at a high court citing discrimination.
DL News1 April 2021
Courts
Couple’s names on indenture presume joint ownership – Court orders in void marriage case
The Court held that although the parties' marriage was legally invalid, the inclusion of both their names in the property's indenture constituted prima facie evidence of joint ownership, which could only be displaced by sufficient evidence...
DL News15 October 2026