UN human rights experts have slammed the detention of 21 LGBTQ+ human rights defenders in Ghana who continue to be denied bail. Ghanaian police arrested the 16 women and five men who were conducting paralegal training for the protection of the human rights of sexual minorities in the city of Ho on 20 May.
They were remanded in police custody by the Ho Circuit Court and charged with unlawful assembly. On Tuesday, the group LGBT+ Rights Ghana reported that the court had again denied them bail – for the third time. “We are deeply concerned by the arrests of the human rights defenders.
All evidence available to us points to the fact that they were detained while they were peacefully exercising their rights to freedom of expression, peaceful