THE STATE OF THE WORLDS HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT-GHANA 

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Reacting to the multiple restrictions on civic space and arbitrary arrests and detentions, Habibatou Gologo, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for West and Central Africa, said: 

Reacting to news that Ghana’s Parliament voted to remove the death penalty from the 1960 Criminal and Other Offences Act and the 1962 Armed Forces Act, Amnesty International’s West and Central Africa Director Samira Daoud said: 

Responding to news of the death of Tinashe Chitsunge, an opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist in Harare on Thursday, allegedly at the hands of ruling ZANU-PF supporters, Khanyo Farisè, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Southern Africa, said:

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Women on death row have, in many cases, been denied justice for the prolonged physical and sexual violence and abuse they have suffered, which preceded and triggered the offences for which they were convicted for, Amnesty International said ahead of the World Day Against the Death Penalty (10 October).

Amnesty International Ghana calls on all Members of Parliament to vote in favour of the Criminal Offences (Amendment) Bill 2022 and the Armed Forces (Amendment) Bill 2022 seeking to remove the death penalty from the Criminal and Other Offences Act, 1960 and the Armed Forces Act 1962.

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