Ghana: Don't Adjudicate Rape Cases - Traditional Rulers Urged

Bolgatanga — Traditional rulers have been urged not to adjudicate rape cases brought before them in their respective communities, but to rather refer such cases to the law courts for adjudication.

The Executive Director of the Rural Initiatives for Self- Empowerment-Ghana (RISE-Ghana), a non-governmental organisation (NGO), Alhaji Awal Ahmed Kariama, made the call in Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region on Monday at a day's training workshop on, "Sexual and Gender Based Violence Reporting and Advocacy" organised for media practitioners in the region.

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