Judith Yaa Kumah, who lost part of her ear during a police investigation into an alleged robbery, has filed a lawsuit seeking GHC15 million in damages for human rights violations. Her lawyer, Mr. Andrew Khartey, has sued the Ghana Police Service (GPS), Corporal Clement Suputour (the officer involved), and the Attorney General (AG) as the […]
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Thirty-two protesters from the Democracy Hub have filed a lawsuit against the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the Attorney General and Minister for Justice, alleging violations of their human rights. They are seeking a declaration that the conduct of the Ghana Police Service in disrupting the peaceful protest violated Article 21(d) of the 1992
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Democracy Hub, organisers of the three-day #StopGalamseyNow and #ReoccupyJulorHouse demonstrations, have raised concerns regarding the relocation of detained protesters. According to the group, reports from the legal team indicate that protesters who were detained after the demonstrations are being transferred from their initial remand locations to undisclosed police facilities without prior notice or explanation to
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The High Court in Wenchi has directed the state to pay GHc45,000 each as damages to six persons who suffered varying degrees of injuries during the shooting incident at the Techiman South collation centre in the 2020 polls. In the aftermath of the 2020 parliamentary election, disturbances erupted at the collation centre ahead of the
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Isaac Anin Baah, a visually impaired PHD applicant whose admission was withdrawn twice by the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology has sued the University for discrimination and neglect in its admissions processes. His suspicion of unfairness is fueled by the fact that he acquitted himself creditably while he offered a Master of Science
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New vice and virtue restrictions offer ‘a distressing vision of Afghanistan’s future’, says UN New Taliban laws that prohibit women from speaking or showing their faces outside their homes have been condemned by the UN and met with horror by human rights groups. The Taliban published a host of new “vice and virtue” laws last week, approved
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A protest is a public expression of objection, disapproval, or dissent towards a political idea. Since time immemorial, protests have been a core component of democracy. Nathaniel Board in his article, ‘The Role of Protests in a Democratic Society’, states, “protests are the vibrant threads that weave together the principles of freedom, justice and progress.
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The Faculty of Law at the University of Cape Coast (‘UCC Law’) recently held the 11th edition of the Jurists’ Confab on the theme: “Human Rights under the 4th Republican Constitution: Threats and Triumphs.” The Jurists’ Confab is an annual gathering that brings together various stakeholders, including lawyers, judges, academics, students, government representatives, civil society
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Two books, which deal with best practices in criminal investigations and the rights of suspects, have been launched at Nsawam in the Eastern Region. The books, titled “Practical Guide on Criminal Investigations”, and “Know Your Rights as a Suspect”, were authored by Detective Sergeant Modestus Amevor, a criminal investigator with the Ghana Police Service. The
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Japan’s top court has ruled as unconstitutional a defunct eugenics law which saw 16,500 disabled people forcibly sterilised between the 1950s and 1990s. The Supreme Court also ordered the government to pay damages to 11 victims, who were involved in five cases that were heard on appeal. Wednesday’s landmark ruling brings to an end a
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