West and Central African states must stop persecuting human rights defenders who expose corruption, bribery and abuse of office, and instead take concrete and effective measures to protect and support them, Amnesty International said today, in observing African Anti-Corruption Day. Today marks the 20th anniversary of the African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption. 

Amnesty International Ghana is part of a global movement of over 10 million people standing up for human rights. We are a registered organisation in Ghana with Non-Profit Organisation (NPO) status, working to protect and promote the rights of everyone in Ghana, without discrimination. Our work is grounded in research, advocacy, and campaigning to hold governments and institutions accountable, challenge injustice, and bring about lasting change.

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Amnesty International Ghana was established in the year 1973. We are a global movement of more than 10 million people in over 150 countries and territories who campaign to end abuses of human rights.

Close to 150 death row inmates languish in grim conditions in Ghana with only a fraction able to appeal their convictions, Amnesty International said today in a new report that calls on the country’s new government to abolish the death penalty once and for all.