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.
Member of Parliament (MP) for South Dayi, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, has filed an appeal to reverse the decision of the High Court which dismissed his request to compel President Akufo-Addo and Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin to act on the bill within seven days. The appeal processes filed on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, states among other
The High Court in Accra has thrown out an application seeking to compel the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, and President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to act on the Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill within seven days. In a ruling Monday [April 29, 2024], the court, presided over by Justice Ellen Lordina Serwaa Mireku, said although it had
Council of Europe human rights watchdog condemns UK’s Rwanda bill Rights commissioner expresses grave concern after Rishi Sunak’s asylum policy passes parliamentary stages The Council of Europe’s human rights watchdog has condemned Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda scheme, saying it raises “major issues about the human rights of asylum seekers and the rule of law.” The body’s
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The High Court in Accra has adjourned Rockson-Nelson Dafeamakpor’s application for Mandamus seeking to compel the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, and President Akufo-Addo to act on the LGBTQ+ bill within 7 days. This adjournment was after the Court had granted the Applicant’s (Dafeamakpor’s) application for abridgment of time to hear the application today. Following
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This is a period for all sorts of people and organisations to make themselves relevant because what we are seeing now is that persons natural and artificial are issuing statements left and right daily with some societies and organisations coming out publicly for the first time concerning the issue of Betrothal. Though I have decided
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