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WORKERS’ DAY TRIBUTE: SALUTING THE RESILIENCE OF LOWER BENCH JUDGES AND MAGISTRATES

By Her Honour Judge Sedinam Awo Kwadam (Mrs.), Circuit Court 7 Accra, Ghana. May 1, 2025. Introduction Each year, on the 1st of May, the world comes together to celebrate the invaluable contributions of workers. In Ghana, this significant occasion is observed as a public holiday, marked by various celebrations that culminate in parades at […]

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Military Overreach and Outdated Laws: Justice for Akwasi Lala

A tragedy unfolded yesterday in Nyinahin that exemplifies how outdated legislation and unchecked military authority continue to threaten civilian lives in Ghana. Akwasi Lala, a young man participating in a funeral procession, was confronted by armed soldiers for wearing camouflage-patterned clothing. What followed was not an arrest —it was an execution. Akwasi was murdered, shot

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Circuit Court judge refutes breaking traffic rules and influencing the detention of 4 Police officers

A Circuit Court Judge at the Adenta Court Complex in Accra, Angela Attachie, has accused four police officers of harassing her instead of protecting her as they’re mandated to. Her claims follow recent reports suggesting that she influenced the detention of four police officers by the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Christian Tetteh Yohonu, after

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INFORMED PLEA OF GUILT AND THE JUDICIAL BURDEN OF ENSURING A FAIR TRIAL

H.H. BERTHA ANIAGYEI CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE The centrality of the right to fair trial, and in particular, the presumption of innocence of an accused person in a criminal trial casts a duty on a court to ensure and satisfy itself that a plea of guilt entered by an accused person is voluntary, well-informed and not

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Education Minister to present Scholarship Bill to Parliament

  The Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu has disclosed that President John Mahama has directed him to present the Ghana Scholarship Authority Bill to Parliament when the house reconvenes in May. Speaking in Accra during the inauguration of a 17-member Board of Trustees for the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund), he said the bill aims

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Dr. Ernest Addison: Former BoG Governor sued over exchange rate losses

Dr. Ernest Addison, Governor, BoG The Bank of Ghana and its former Governor, Dr Ernest Addison have been sued by a private citizen for the record exchange rate losses recorded by Ghana’s currency since 2017. Balbir Violet Allan who describes herself as someone who invests in government treasuries says her purchasing power and investment suffered

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Plea Bargaining Act (Act 1079)

REPUBLIC OF GHANA CRIMINAL AND OTHER OFFENCES (PROCEDURE) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2022 (ACT 1079) CRIMINAL AND OTHER OFFENCES (PROCEDURE) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2022 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section Sections 162A to 162R inserted The One Thousand and seventy-ninth ACT OF THE PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA ENTITLED CRIMINAL AND OTHER OFFENCES (PROCEDURE) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2022 AN ACT

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Ministerial Might vs. Migrant Rights: Is Bombelli’s Shadow Still Blocking Fair Deportation Hearings in Ghana?

Ghana’s Interior Minister, Alhaji Muntaka Mubarak and Foreign Minister, Okudzeto Ablakwa, in separate public engagements have announced plans to deport foreigners arrested on suspicion of committing illegal mining (galamsey) or defrauding by false pretences, particularly through cybercrime. Alhaji Muntaka Mubarak, Minister for the Interior, on his part addressing stakeholders in the Zongo communities as part

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