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Ghana: Anti-LGBTQ Motion - SC Grants Plaintiff Leave to Amend Reliefs
Ghanaian Times, 9 May 2024
The Supreme Court (SC) yesterday granted leave to Richard Dela Sky, a broadcast journalist, to amend reliefs in his anti-LGBTQ motion, which is before the court. Read more »
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Ghana: Anti-LGBTQ Bill - Attorney-General Ask Chief Justice to Allow Full Media Coverage of Proceedings
Accra Times, 8 May 2024
The recommendation comes in the wake of high public interest on the controversial issue of LGBTQ criminalisation in Ghana after Parliament passed the Human Sexual Rights and Family… Read more »
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Ghana: Ghana's Supreme Court to Consider First Arguments On Anti-LGBTQ Bill Lawsuits On May 8
Accra Times, 7 May 2024
The lawsuits appear to have been one of the blockades to the signing of the bill by President Akufo-Addo - an action that has drawn much controversy Read more »
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Ghana: Anti-Lgbtqi+ Bill Not Unconstitutional but Faces Fundamental Challenges - AG
Ghanaian Times, 18 November 2022
Godfred Dame, The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, has stated that the anti-LGBTQI+ Bill is not unconstitutional but faces fundamental challenges. Read more »
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Ghana: Ghana's Anti-LGBTQ Bill Sparks Spike in 'Legally Sanctioned' Extortion
African Arguments, 29 November 2022
Since the law was proposed, instances of violence - including seemingly organised crime - against Ghana's queer community have increased. Read more »
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Africa: Why Are LGBTQ+ People Up in Arms Over Qatar's World Cup?
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 21 November 2022
As the World Cup kicks off in Qatar this week, controversy is raging over the decision to hold the mega sporting event in a country where gay sex is a crime. Read more »
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Ghana: Allow Parliament On The LGBTQ+ Matter
Ghanaian Times, 22 October 2021
Yesterday, the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, appealed to Ghanaians to guide their debate on LGBTQ+ activities with civility and that the bill on the gay activities was… Read more »
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Ghana: The Issue of LGBTQI+ - Whose Right Is Right?
Ghanaian Times, 21 October 2021
The past three weeks have seen tremendous agitation from Ghanaians home and abroad especially the proponents and opposers of the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and… Read more »
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Ghana: Lgbtqi+ Bill - Proponents, Opponents Come Face-to-Face Before Parliament
Ghanaian Times, 12 November 2021
Proponents and opponents of the Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, 2021, yesterday came face-to-face at the first public hearing of the Constitutional,… Read more »
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Ghana: 'Sexual Orientation Is Not a Fundamental Human Right'
Ghanaian Times, 1 December 2021
Sponsors of the Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill have insisted that "sexual orientation is not a fundamental human right". Read more »