A group of opposition MPs in Ghana are trying to put pressure on President Nana Akufo-Addo to pass off an anti-gay bill. As a country, Ghana is known to protect human rights closely and place sanctity of life over everything else. Mr. Addo has anyway not been a fan of the gay community and has repeatedly in the past changed said that he doesn’t wish to legalize same sex marriages as long as he holds Presidency in Ghana.
The world is already condemning the stand. But if passed, the bill will lead to restricting rights of sexual minorities. At the moment, the LGBT community in Ghana remains highly subjugated. Same sex relationships continue to remain banned in Western African countries.
Despite the world having recognized the rights to choose one’s partner of the same sex or sexual orientations, the African continent is rather primitive in its approach.
Currently, the bill has not received clearance from the President. Obviously, the United Nations is in complete disapproval of such a law from being passed. “Passing this law in its current or even partial form would violate a significant number of human rights, including the absolute prohibition of torture,” a UN panel of experts said in a statement.
It might be difficult for the President to deny passing this as a law, as a majority of Ghanaians have been seen to be in favor of the criminalization of same-sex relationships. According to Human Rights Watch researcher Wendy Isaack, the bill is a tactic to get a way through by the opposition and corner the morality of the current government. If approved, the legislation would make it a crime punishable with up to five years imprisonment to be gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, pansexual and non-binary – someone who does not identify as male or female. Anyone advocating for their rights or helping them could get 10 years in jail.
According to the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) yearly enforcement report, the US has deported 271,000 people to 192…
The Biden-Harris administration now approved $4.28 billion in student debt cancellation for several 54,000 public servants across the nation. This…
Today is celebrated as the “International Human Solidarity Day” around the world. ‘December 20’ of every year has been recognised…
Tech giant Google is continuing its layoff spree this year, too. Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai recently announced in an…
The United Nations human rights office plans to send a small team of its officers to Syria for the first…
After months of hard bargaining with the labor unions, Volkswagen has emerged close to striking a major deal with German…
This website uses cookies.
Read More