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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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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The trial judge in the Santrokofi, Akpafu, Likpe, and Lolobi (SALL) case, Justice Owoahene Acheampong, has expressed displeasure over the absence of Justin Amenuvor, the lawyer for the Electoral Commission (EC). The hearing involved an application by Philip Jimanor, the lawyer for the petitioners, seeking permission to file amended replies to answers from both the
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The High Court in Kumasi has dismissed the suit filed by Chief Inspector Samuel Krah against the Inspector-General of Police and the State over his promotion. The court presided by Justice Kwasi Anokyi Gyimah in a judgment on Friday 14th June 2024 said the Chief Inspector is not entitled to automatic promotion simply because he
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Tunisian lawyers began a one-day nationwide strike on Thursday, with hundreds taking to the streets of the capital, to protest against the recent arrest of two of their colleagues, one of whom they say was tortured during his detention. This is the second time this week Tunisian lawyers have staged a strike amid an escalation
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The High Court in Accra has said for a Mandamus application to succeed in the manner in which Member of Parliament (MP) for South Dayi Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor has sought from the Court to compel the Speaker of Parliament and the President to act on the LGBTQ+ bill, he ought to have first made a demand.
