Tag Archives: Anti-LGBTQ+ bill

President Akufo-Addo has been advised by Ghana’s Ministry of Finance not to sign the newly enacted Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill into law.   The Finance Ministry warned that taking such action could have a negative impact on the nation’s ability to get financial support from international organizations like the Bretton Woods Institutions …

The National Chief Imam, Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu has expressed his excitement over the recent passage of the controversial anti-LGBTQ+ bill. On February 28, after nearly three years of deliberation, Parliament finally passed the anti-LGBTQ+ bill. The bill imposes a prison sentence of up to three years on anyone convicted …

The United States issued a warning on Thursday, cautioning that it might limit foreign aid to Ghana if President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo signs a new bill criminalizing LGBTQ+ activities into law. Ghana’s Parliament on Wednesday approved legislation that could lead to prison sentences of up to three years for …

The bill on promoting proper human sexual rights and Ghanaian family values also known as the anti-LGBTQ bill,  was passed by the Ghanaian Parliament on Wednesday, February 28, 2024. The bill proscribes LGBT activities and criminalizes its promotion, advocacy, and funding. Persons caught in the act would be subjected to …

The Board Chair of the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Professor Audrey Gadzekpo, has urged President Akufo-Addo to reject the Proper Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill. In her address at a press conference centred on human rights and supporting sexual minorities in Ghana, Prof. Gadzekpo contended that …

The Chairman of the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee of Parliament, Kwame Anyimadu-Antwi has made a shocking revelation about attempts by some men of God to influence the yet-be-be-passed Anti-LGBTQ+bill. He told NEAT FM’s morning show, ‘Ghana Montie’ in an interview on Tuesday, December 19, 2023, that even some …

Amnesty International, the international Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) rights advocate and defender, has urged both Parliament and the Government of Ghana to cease the consideration of the anti-gay bill, asserting that its passage would infringe upon human rights. In a statement released on Wednesday, December 13, Amnesty International insisted that Parliament …

Parliament could not agree on the appropriate punishment for LGBTQ+ persons engaging in unnatural carnal knowledge with each other. The Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill criminalizes sex between persons of the same sex, between a man or woman and an animal or object, proposing a punishment …

Sponsors of the controversial anti-LGBTQ bill are furious over the lack of action on their bill. The private members’ bill, sponsored by Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Sam George, has been stuck at the consideration stage for months without progress. But before Parliament adjourned for the day, Sam George …

The Supreme Court is being asked to impose sanctions on the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin for allowing the House to proceed with the anti-LGBTQ+ bill despite pending legal actions. Researcher Dr Amanda Odoi contends that the Speaker has treated court processes with disdain and contempt. “The respondent has continually …