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Ghana: Anti-Gay Bill Condemned As 'State-Sponsored' Violence
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 12 August 2021
United Nations experts said the bill, which makes it a crime to be LGBT+, could 'create a recipe for conflict and violence' Read more »
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Ghana: Homophobic Ghanaian 'Family Values' Bill Is Odious and Beggars Belief
Daily Maverick, 9 August 2021
Russia, Nigeria, Uganda and Hungary have all passed odious laws in recent years that discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. Ghana's proposed… Read more »
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Ghana: LGBTIQ+ Bill Would Threaten Fight On HIV/Aids, Says UNAIDS
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 4 August 2021
If passed, this legislation will drive LGBT+ people further away from HIV prevention, care and treatment services and endanger the advances made against the HIV epidemic in the… Read more »
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Ghana: Ghana's LGBTQ Community Calls for Global Help Over Anti-Gay Bill
VOA, 3 August 2021
Ghanaian lawmakers are facing backlash over a bill before Ghana's parliament that aims to make gay rights advocacy illegal. Read more »
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Ghana: Anti-Gay Bill Seeks Prison Terms for LGBT+ People in Ghana
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 2 August 2021
A new draft law in the West African nation proposes jail time for those who identify as LGBT+, and for anyone who offers assistance to the LGBT+ community. Read more »
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Ghana: Anti-Gay Bill Seeks Long Jail Terms for LGBTIQ+ People
DW, 28 July 2021
The proposed bill could see LGBTQ community members imprisoned between five to 10 years for identifying or advocating for their rights. Read more »
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Ghana: Anger and Fear As Bill Seeks to Criminalise LGBT+ People
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 27 July 2021
Advocating for sexual minorities, sympathising or offering any assistance would be an offence punishable with up to 10 years in jail Read more »
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Ghana: Drop Charges Against LGBT Rights Defenders - Human Rights Watch
HRW, 17 June 2021
Surge in State-Sponsored Harassment Read more »
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Ghana: UN Human Rights Council Calls for Release of LGBT Activists
RFI, 5 June 2021
A Ghana court kept a group of LGBTQ activists in custody on Friday, their lawyers said, in a case that advisors to the UN's Human Rights Council likened to arbitrary detention. Read more »
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Ghana: Major Donors Urge Govt to Respect LGBT+ Rights Amid Crackdown
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 25 May 2021
Earlier this year, the nation's first LGBT+ community centre was raided and shut down by authorities following strong opposition from politicians and church groups Read more »
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Ghana: In Hiding, Ghana's Queer Activists Keep Up the Fight
New Frame, 4 May 2021
Despite having to flee after the state raided their offices, members of LGBT+ Rights Ghana vow to continue to work for legal recognition in a country pushing for even more… Read more »
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Ghana: Uproar Forces Closure of First LGBT+ Community Centre
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 23 February 2021
Church groups and politicians want the government to shut the centre and arrest its founders Read more »