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Content Type(s): Publication
Topic(s): Legal Discrimination, Crackdown on Activism
Region(s): Sub-Saharan Africa, Ghana
… Legislation and Violence in Ghana Submitted by apine@whereoware.com on Sat, 10/22/2022 - 19:23 The clampdown on LGBTIQ rights by political leaders and religious fundamentalists in the West African country resulted in the introduction of a draconian anti-LGBTIQ bill before the country’s Parliament in 2021. To date, it is the most expansive proposed legislation of its kind. Ghana already criminalizes …
Content Type(s): Press Release
Topic(s): Crackdown on Activism
Region(s): Ghana, Sub-Saharan Africa
… that has resulted in a surge of violence and hostilities towards sexual and gender minorities. The clampdown on LGBTIQ rights by political leaders and religious fundamentalists in the West African country resulted in the introduction of a draconian anti-LGBTIQ bill before the country’s Parliament in 2021. To date, it is the most expansive proposed legislation of its kind. Ghana already criminalizes …
Content Type(s): Insight
Topic(s): Crackdown on Activism
Region(s): Sub-Saharan Africa, Ghana
… - 11:00 Crackdown on Activism Sub-Saharan Africa Ghana On Wednesday, August 5, 2021, the Circuit Court at Ho in the Volta Region of Ghana dismissed charges against 21 LGBTIQ activists who were arrested in May. … in Ghana under Section 104 (1)(b) of the Criminal Offences Act, which prescribes up to 3 years in prison for those found guilty of "unnatural carnal knowledge". However, this is not …