Tag Archives: Anti-Gay Bill

The Supreme Court of Ghana on Wednesday, July 17, deferred its decision in an interlocutory injunction application filed by Richard Dela Sky and Dr Amanda Odoi seeking to bar Parliament from transmitting the anti-gay bill to the presidency for assent. The Head of JoyNews’ Legal Affairs Desk, Richard Kwadwo Nyarko …

According to Nana Obiri Boahen, a private attorney, Nana Asante Bediatuo, the President’s secretary, did not neglect to write a letter warning the Parliament clerk to “cease” from trying to send the recently passed anti-LGBTQI law to the Jubilee House for President Nana Akufo-Addo to sign. Lawyer Nana Obiri Boahen …

The Managing Director of GIHOC Distilleries Limited Maxwell Kofi Jumah says anybody who supports the anti-gay bill is an anti- Christ, no matter your pedigree,position,religion or party affiliation. Speaking to Adwoa Adubia on the Adubia TV about the anti-gay bill which has created a lot of controversies in the country, …

Prof. Audrey Gadzekpo, the Board Chair of the Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), has expressed her disappointment regarding the parliamentary approval of the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, 2021 popularly known as the anti-gay bill. The legislation imposes a ban on LGBT activities and …

Parliament has approved an amendment to the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, also known as the anti-gay bill. This includes imposing a six-month custodial sentence or less on individuals who aid, facilitate, encourage, or promote LGBTQ activities. The amendment was proposed by co-sponsor of the bill Sam George …

The Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, 2021 also known as the Anti-Gay Bill has been topical in recent days. This is because Parliament on June 5, 2023, convened for the second reading of the bill since it was tabled before the house in 2021. …

A leading member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko has said he does not agree with the “Proper Human Sexuality and Ghanaian Family Values Bill 2021” popularly known as the anti-gay bill which is currently before Parliament. Otchere-Darko in a tweet indicated that, even though he …

A member of the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs committee of Parliament, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has asked the Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (PCC), to rephrase their memo that was presented to Parliament on the anti-gay bill that is before the House. The Minister of Communications noted that aspects of the memo …

President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice, Mr Edward Amoako Asante, has asked the government of Ghana and all Ghanaians to contribute to building the local economy in order to minimize the reliance on aids for survival. This, he said, will ensure that the …