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Amnesty International Ghana Officially Launches the “Protect the Protest” Global flagship Campaign
Amnesty International Ghana launched the “Protect the Protest” campaign during the National Dialogue on Protest on Tuesday, 26th March 2024, at the Fiesta Royale Hotel in Accra. The event aimed to address the increasing threats to the right to protest in Ghana and attracted a host...
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL GHANA’S ANNUAL PLANNING MEETING 2024-ACCRA
Amnesty International Ghana recently hosted its Annual Planning Meeting from 7th to 11th February 2024, reaffirming its commitment to safeguarding human rights across Ghana. The gathering brought together AI Ghana’s board, staff, and regional coordinators from all regions of Ghana to strategize and...
GHANA: ANTI-LGBTI BILL STIRS UP HATRED, PERSECUTION AND DISCRIMINATION
The Ghanaian Parliament and the government should immediately withdraw the proposed Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill 2021 from consideration. This Bill gravely contravenes the principles of equality and non-discrimination, the rights to freedom of expression,...
Regional Activity/Amnesty Groups in Upper West Region of Ghana commemorates 16 days of Activism
Amnesty International Ghana’s Upper west regional groups actively participated in the 16 days of activism campaign to end sexual and gender based violence in the Upper West Region. A vibrant float on 1st December at Wa Technical Institute heightened awareness, showcasing...
Regional Activity/ AI Ghana organizes HRE and Membership Engagement at the Cape Coast Nurses and Midwifery Training College.
On November 18, 2023, Amnesty International Ghana (AI Ghana), under the leadership of the organization’s Growth and Activism Coordinator, Stephany Boateng, and the Human Rights Education and Youth Coordinator, James Selasi Quarshie, conducted a Human Rights Education and Membership Orientation at...
Youth Activism/Ashanti Region: Youth Engagement with National Standing Committee Member Ewura-Baba Alhassan.
On 15th July, 2023, the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Youth Group led by the National Youth Coordinator for Growth, Lewis Ampem-Darko, put together a workshop on activism at the African Union Gardens on campus. It was a truly refining moment as the students were well...
Regional Activity/Upper East Region: Human Rights Education on Ending Sexual and Gender-Based Violence and Membership Recruitment
Students of Yikene JHS in the Upper East Region have been educated on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence by Amnesty International Ghana. It was organised by the regional coordinator Vida Anoya and supported by some other members. New members were also recruited at the event. The event which happened...
Updated: October 6, 2023
Regional Activity/Ashanti Region: Ending Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Education at Deduako M/A JHS
On 16th August, 2023, the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Youth group led by the National Youth Coordinator for Growth, Lewis Ampem-Darko, paid a visit to the J.H.S section of the Deduako M/A school to deliver in-depth insight on the pressing issues of Sexual and...
Updated: August 16, 2023
Israel/OPT: Urgent call for an immediate ceasefire by all parties to end unprecedented civilian suffering
Amnesty International is issuing an urgent call for an immediate ceasefire by all parties in the occupied Gaza Strip and Israel to prevent further loss of civilian lives and to ensure access to life-saving aid for people in Gaza amidst an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe. “Over the past two...
The 38 Year Journey to Abolish the Death Penalty in Ghana: The Amnesty International Ghana Story
THE DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION IN GHANA: A JOURNEY OF 38 YEARS Introduction In 1977, when Amnesty International started its global campaign against the death penalty, only 16 countries had abolished the death penalty for all crimes. Amnesty International Ghana started its campaign in 1985 and at the...
PAY UP FIFA: PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS IN QATAR
Hundreds of migrant workers hired as security guards for last year’s World Cup are still being denied justice for the abuses they suffered despite FIFA and the hosts Qatar being warned that they were especially vulnerable to exploitation and workers raising complaints and protesting about their...
Updated: November 1, 2022