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Homophobia
LGBTQ+
Human Rights
gay rights
Ghana activists denounce new bill that makes identifying as LGBTQ+ a crime
Audrey Gadzekpo, a professor of communications at the University of Ghana and chairperson of the non-profit Ghana Center for Democratic Development.“We are mobilising all our resources to fight it and show how it violates key fundamental human rights provisions in Ghana’s 1992 constitution.”Prof. Gadzekpo, the Board Chair of the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), has urged President Akufo-Addo to reject the Proper Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill“Human rights are not dependent on majority approval or disapproval"https://t.co/rsb5cefMzSFirst proposed in 2021, the bill sets prison terms ranging from six months to three years for people who take part in LGBTQ+ sexual acts – which are already illegal in Ghana, though they rarely lead to prosecution.
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