Search results for "human rights issues"

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General
Striking Universities’ Senior Staff breached rules of engagement – Fair Wages Commission
UTAG members are on strike because they want the government to restore their conditions of service agreed upon with the government in 2012.
DL News3 August 2021
Crime
A/R: Man kills wife in the presence of daughter, attempts suicide afterwards
The body of the deceased has since been deposited at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital morgue. Bashiru attempted to commit suicide afterward but has now been handed over to the police while investigations continue.
DL News3 August 2021
General
Kofi Bentil: Ghana’s law on dual citizenship outmoded
Bentil, who doubles as a legal practitioner, argued that individuals who own dual citizenship cannot act against any of the countries.
DL News3 August 2021
General
Eric Opoku defends Collins Dauda on Saglemi housing project August 3, 2021 37
A total of 52 counts have been brought against Mr. Dauda and some four other persons.
DL News3 August 2021
General
‘Churches demand for HIV status from potential couples illegal’
Dr Ayisi Addo said; “if there is someone who is negative, but still wants to marry a partner who is positive, you must not prevent them in anyway; it is their responsibility to own their results and not forced to disclose it to anyone”.
DL News3 August 2021
Europe
Ecuador revokes WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s citizenship
ssange fled to Ecuador’s embassy in London in 2012 to avoid extradition
DL News2 August 2021
Business
Energy Minister indicts ECG management, past boards, others for sad state of company
Chairman of the board Keli Gadzekpo pledged to turn the business around with new ideas.
DL News30 July 2021
General
Scrap levies, taxes on mining exploration- Ghana Chamber of Mines to govt
We expect to implement the second phase of this project soon and hopefully in the next few weeks, we should be able to take a decision on how to fund this phase.
DL News30 July 2021
Courts
Ato Essien fails to halt trial
Essien, together with Fitzgerald Odonkor, the Managing Director of the bank, and Tettey Nettey, the Managing Director of MC Management Services, a company said to be owned by Essien, have been accused of stealing depositors’ funds leading t...
DL News30 July 2021
General
Justice Koomson Committee presents report on Ejura disturbances to Interior Minister
The Interior Ministry charged a three-member committee comprising Justice George Koomson, Vladimir Antwi Danso, and Juliet Amoah to subsequently conduct this probe and submit its findings accordingly.
DL News27 July 2021
Asia
Married daughters cannot be considered to be dependent family members of the deceased
Thus the court passed an order amending the compensation awarded.
DL News16 July 2021
Courts
Owner of “Obengfo” hospital files court action to compel HeFRA to restore operational licence
Dr Dominic Obeng Andoh, has instituted a court action at the High Court, praying the court to compel HeFRA to renew its operational license
DL News5 July 2021
US
Cannabis lawyers say Georgia Supreme court ruling creates ‘chilling effect’
With cannabis still illegal at the federal level, the court held that legal work related to the state’s burgeoning low-THC oil industry amounts to “counseling and assisting clients in the commission of criminal acts.”
DL News5 July 2021
Courts
‘Crying in court’: Bar Council urges action on judicial bullying
Judicial grievance policies cover formal and informal processes for raising concerns relating to harassment, bullying or discrimination.
DL News2 July 2021
Africa
Nnamdi Kanu: Nigeria arrests Biafra separatist leader
His movement, the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob), has been labelled as a terrorist organisation by the Nigerian authorities.
DL News30 June 2021
Courts
Suhum Presec student jailed for threatening to kill teacher
The convict pleaded guilty to a charge of threatening to kill his teacher and was convicted to two years imprisonment
DL News29 June 2021
General
Gov’t targets online child predators with new Cyber Security Act
The Act aims at protecting children and young people from the wrongful and non-consensual exposure of their intimate images in cyberspaces
DL News29 June 2021
General
Save your testament drafts to save your credibility – Kweku Paintsil to lawyers
“Flowing from this general way of doing things is the fact that because the person has not died naturally, people then begin to question every testamental script that comes out"
DL News28 June 2021
Courts
The Receiver of Unibank cannot issue a writ against Duffuor, 9 others - Court
The motion sought to dismiss the said suit on the grounds of Nii Amanor Dodoo’s lack of capacity to institute the same.
DL News27 June 2021
General
It’s unfair for people to bad-mouth the Chief Justice, says Frank Davies
Davies has described these comments as “intellectual dishonesty.”
DL News23 June 2021