Human Rights

Karaga, Ghana – Member of Parliament for the Karaga Constituency and Deputy Minister for Energy on Sunday March 6, 2022 joined his constituents to celebrate Ghana’s 65th Independence Anniversary at Karaga in the Northern Region. Dr Mohammed Amin Adam who was a guest of honour,  “took the opportunity to express …

Accra, Ghana – The Eighteen-Member Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee of Parliament on Thursday November 11, 2021 held its first public hearing on a Private Members’ Bill that would make it illegal to be gay or to advocate for gay rights. The Committee is under the chairmanship of Kwame …

An Open Letter to the Finance Minister, Dear Sir, 1. As you prepare to read the budget for 2022, I respectfully urge you not to do any such presentation without factoring the poor Conditions of Service of University Teachers. One of the abused refrain used in countering our demands this …

Accra, Ghana – The Right Honourable Speaker of Parliament Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin has summoned police officers who manhandled the Member of Parliament for Madina, Hon. Francis-Xavier Sosu, during a demonstration by his constituents over bad roads, to answer questions before the Privileges Committee. He tasked the Committee to swiftly …

Mensah Thompson of ASEPA writes… ASEPA’s OFFICIAL POSITION ON THE ANTI-LGBTQ BILL BEFORE PARLIAMENT 1. The anti-lgbtq bill currently before Parliament has generated a lot of controversies. 2.Last week some eminent Professors and Influential persons came out strongly to oppose the bill citing various reasons including the violation of the …

Winneba,  Ghana – Challenging Heights is pleased to announce that the film, The Rescue List, has won America’s Emmy Award 2021, in the Outstanding Social Issue Documentary category. In the year 2015, Challenging Heights entered into an agreement with a San Francisco based documentary film makers, The Collective Hunch, who …

Tamale, Ghana – The Defense Team of Alex Saab notes that on 1 September the Barlavento Court of Appeal (TRB) granted a request made by Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab that the site of his detention be moved to Praia from the Island of Sal. Dr Jose Manuel Pinto Monteiro, head …

Tamale, Ghana – A Rule of Law Specialist with the Legal Resources Center, Enock Jengre has urged government to resource the Legal Aid Commission to enhance justice delivery through the implementation of Ghana’s Case Tracking System (CTS). According to him, inadequate budgetary allocation, logistics and lawyers to enable the Commission …

Walewale, Ghana – A 52-year-old farmer, Abdul Samed-Fuseini, arrested and accused of impregnating a helpless widow, repeatedly raped and defiled three underage sisters is standing trial in a Walewale District Court. His charges are five counts of Rape, Incest and Defilement. Count One: Defilement of female under 16 years of …

Tamale, Ghana – Bearing any unforeseen circumstances, a final ruling from the Constitutional Court of Cape Verde is expected on the basis of an appeal lodged by Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab’s lawyers, seeking to highlight the many unconstitutional irregularities in the processing of the US extradition case against him. The …