Two Indonesian men will Tuesday be publicly caned for having sex, in a first for the Muslim-majority country where there are concerns over mounting hostility towards the small gay community. The pair, aged 20 and 23, were last week found guilty of having broken sharia rules in conservative Aceh province — the only part of … Read more
A private legal practitioner, John Kwame Quayeson is urging the government to consider placing an embargo on women under age 30, from seeking greener pastures in countries in the Middle East. Lawyer Quayeson believes such prohibition can partly provide a solution to the abuse of Ghanaian women reported to be victims of abuse in that … Read more
Some residents in the Cape Coast Metropolis have said the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) alone, cannot fight the canker of corruption. They said the anti-corruption institution had over the years done their best but this was not enough to fight corruption which is a bane on the country’s development. These were … Read more
The EU funded Ghana Anti-Corruption, Rule of Law and Accountability Programme (ARAP) in collaboration with CHRAJ and NCCE has organized a multi stakeholder training workshop on public education for anti-corruption agencies, law enforcement agencies and public education institutions in the country. Participants at the workshop were taken through anti-corruption campaign message and content development that … Read more
Ghanaian actress Vicky Zugah has finally let the cat out of the bag as she revealed the torture she has been through the past four years of her relationship with her three ex-boyfriends. She recounted how she was severally beaten by her lovers and suffered bruises on her face making it difficult for family members, … Read more
The Kpandai District in the Northern Region recorded thirty-two assault cases in 2016, topping the list of sexual and gender based violence. Abduction and kidnapping came second with 10 cases. Other cases include rape, defilement, abortion, forced marriage and infant abandonment recorded between one and eight cases. The figures were contained in the first-ever sexual … Read more
The fight against domestic violence is still going on especially on social media and several celebrities have joined the campaign. After Nigerian Actress Tontoh Dikeh shocked the world with her story with pictorial evidence, more and more ladies who have being suffering in silence, have been motivated to speak up. The latest domestic violence victim … Read more
Ugandan rights activists say grisly images of the torture of a detained politician showing septic wounds on his body highlight escalating brutality and impunity by the country’s security personnel. Pictures began circulating online and in local media on Thursday of Geoffrey Byamukama, mayor of a small town in western Uganda, lying on a hospital bed … Read more
The Northern Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Daniel Bugri Naabu has rendered an unqualified apology to the party following a war of words between him and the Gender Minister, Madam Otiko Afisa Djaba. The NPP, at a National Council meeting Wednesday night expressed disapproval and regret against the actions and utterances … Read more
The Northern Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) Daniel Bugri Naabu has stated that his recent outburst following his public brawl with the Minister of Gender and Women Affairs Otiko Djaba was due to extreme anger and provocation. Mr Bugri who apologised to the party in an addressed letter, said he has … Read more
Ghanaian movie personality Lydia Forson has added her voice to the fight against domestic violence against women. According the actress, women not been able to speak out much against domestic violence against them has crushed some brilliant ideas and dreams of some women and left others to dead. The “Keteke” movie famer took to her … Read more
The Northern Regional chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Daniel Bugri Naabu will be hurled before court if he fails to render an unqualified apology to the Upper East Regional Minister, Rockson Bukari for the defaming him. Mr. Naabu and two media houses have also been given 48-hours to retract comments they made suggesting … Read more
Upper East Regional Minister Rockson Bukari has demanded an unqualified apology from the New Patriotic Party’s Northern Regional Chairman Daniel Bugri Naabu for alleging that he (Mr Bukari) had a hand in the murder of the party’s late Upper East Regional Minister. A letter from Mr Bukari’s lawyers signed by Mr Samson Lardy Anyenini said … Read more
Researchers on Monday urged tougher laws to protect victims of “revenge porn” in Australia after a survey revealed abuses, including shooting and sharing intimate images without permission, on a “mass scale”. One in five Australians have fallen prey to abusive behaviour, including having intimate photographs taken without consent and then confronting threats to share them … Read more
One in five Australians has suffered image-based abuse, according to the nation’s most comprehensive study on “revenge porn”. The national survey of more than 4,200 people found that men and women were equally likely to be targeted. A fifth had had nude or sexual images taken without their permission, while 11% said images of them … Read more
Women have been advised to stop the practice of providing dowry for men to present to their (women) parents as bride price to marry them. Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Mr Emmanuel Holortu, Northern Regional Coordinator of the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service (GPS), who gave the advice, … Read more
Sulley Muntari says he was “treated like a criminal” by the Italian football authorities after he was banned for complaining about racist abuse last weekend. The Pescara midfielder, who played for Portsmouth in the 2007-08 season, was booked during last weekend’s match against Cagliari after he reported the abuse to the referee. He was sent … Read more
A 21-year-old from northern Ghana was last year stopped from joining the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Executive Director of the West Africa Centre for Counter-Extremism (WACCE), Mr Mutaru Mumuni Muqthar has revealed. According to him, WACCE, since its establishment in 2013, has prevented about 20 people from joining extremism in Ghana. … Read more
Thirteen men accused of involvement in the murder of high-ranking police officer Andrew Kaweesi and two aides appeared in court Friday, with some claiming they had been tortured while in detention. Some of the suspects were limping heavily as they arrived at the magistrates’ court in the capital Kampala, and proceeded to display injuries they … Read more
A 45-year-old woman has been arrested for subjecting her three-year-old nephew to severe beatings, denying him food for days and leaving assault marks all over the boy’s body at Agbobloshie, in Accra. The boy whose name has been withheld was said to have been maltreated by his aunt for allegedly begging for food from a … Read more