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Calls for Hate Speech Law in Ghana

The country's jurisprudence is yet to provide for legislation that focuses on the use of hate speech to incite individuals and groups to violence.
White House:Pete Souza

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to throngs of Ghanaians in 2009.

  • Ghana:   Sanitising the Airwaves

    Public Agenda, 27 April 2012

    The expectations that a Broadcasting Law will soon come to rescue Ghana from the use of indecent and intemperate language in the electronic media are dashed as the Broadcasting… Read more »

  • Ghana:   Will a Broadcasting Law Curb the Use of Inflammatory Language?

    Public Agenda, 27 April 2012

    Of late, calls for a legislation on broadcasting have been increasing in the wake of the current reality of the use of inflammatory language by individuals and groups on radio,… Read more »

  • Ghana:   Ken Agyapong's Remarks

    Ghanaian Chronicle, 20 April 2012

    The New Patriotic Party's (NPP) Member of Parliament for Assin North Kennedy Ohene Agyapong's recent remarks about declaring war and inciting ethnic violence, which led to his… Read more »

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