Tag: Anti-gay bill
Ghana parliament speaker criticises president for delaying anti-LGBTQ bill
Ghana's speaker of parliament has said President Nana Akufo-Addo's refusal to act on an anti-LGBTQ bill for the time being was unconstitutional and that...
Gabby cries for gays as Ghana passes repressive anti-LGBTQ+ bill
Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, a prominent member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has raised concerns about the potential repercussions following the recent passage of...
Passage of anti-LGBTQ+ Bill comes with consequences – Gabby
Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, a prominent member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and former Executive Director of the Danquah Institute (DI), has issued a...
Ghana’s newly passed anti-LGBTQ+ bill undermines human rights – US government
The United States has voiced profound concern over Ghana's recent passage of the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, commonly known as the...
Ghana parliament passes controversial anti-LGBTQ+ legislation
Ghana's parliament has approved legislation intensifying a crackdown on LGBTQ+ rights and those advocating for non-conventional sexual or gender identities in the West African...
Anti-gay Bill: Afenyo-Markin urges media scrutiny amid concerns over press freedom...
Deputy Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, is urging increased media scrutiny of the Anti-Gay Bill currently under parliamentary consideration.
Talking to Accra-based Citi FM, the New...
Afenyo-Markin on non-custodial sentencing and plea bargaining in addressing same-sex sexual...
A significant problem that casts a long shadow over Ghana's ongoing efforts at social and legal reform is the extreme congestion in its prison...
Anti-LGBTQ bill: We shouldn’t criminalise sex toys – Ursula Owusu-Ekuful
Communications Minister and Member of Parliament for Ablekuma West, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has raised concern about the criminalisation of sex toys in the Anti-LGBT bill...
Anti-gay bill: Parliament suspends public hearings
The Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee of Parliament has temporarily suspended public hearings in relation to the anti-LGBTQ+ bill, the chairman announced on...
