Ghana: Alex Hammah Tells His Agony

John Alex Hammah, former trade unionist and politician, yesterday told the National Reconciliation Commission (NRC) how he was kept in condemned cells for four-and-a-half-months in the Nsawam Medium Security Prisons, until his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment.

He said he was, in January1974, sentenced to death by a special military tribunal, when he was accused of financing a coup d'tat through some soldiers.

...

Tagged:

AllAfrica publishes around 400 reports a day from more than 100 news organizations and over 500 other institutions and individuals, representing a diversity of positions on every topic. We publish news and views ranging from vigorous opponents of governments to government publications and spokespersons. Publishers named above each report are responsible for their own content, which AllAfrica does not have the legal right to edit or correct.

Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica. To address comments or complaints, please Contact us.