Tag: Human Rights

Beyond politics, the reintroduction of the bill reignites discussions on the deep-rooted cultural beliefs that sustain witchcraft accusations in Ghana. 

UN human rights Chief, Volker Türk has sounded alarm over a “fundamental shift” in the US. Türk said in comments to the UN human rights council that there had been bipartisan support ...

Education is a powerful tool for transforming lives. World’s Children estimates that each additional year of primary school, a girl completes increases her future earnings by 10–20%. Educated girls are ...

In a significant ruling, the High Court has awarded Kwabena Baffour Asare a total of ₵910,000 in damages after the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) unlawfully arrested and detained him, violating ...

In a stirring social media post titled "Pray without ceasing! Truth and Reconciliation Justice", Barker-Vormawor laid bare incidents of intimidation and violence that he alleges were orchestrated by the state ...

A senior law lecturer at the University of Ghana School of Law and prominent legal practitioner, Dr Justice Srem Sai, has expressed profound gratitude to President John Dramani Mahama for ...

Ugandan opposition leaders have called for the immediate release of veteran politician Kizza Besigye, whose military trial faces legal scrutiny following a landmark Supreme Court ruling. The ruling, which determined ...

President Donald Trump has announced plans to halt all future US funding to South Africa while launching an investigation into the country's policies. He claims that a "massive" human rights ...

Twenty-five families of victims and survivors of apartheid-era political crimes have filed a lawsuit against South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and his administration. The lawsuit alleges a failure to investigate ...

Human rights organizations and opposition lawmakers in Italy have condemned the release of a Libyan warlord accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Ossama Anjiem, known as Ossama al-Masri, ...