Ghana: Kwesi Jonah Defends Exemptions for Lawyers, Journalists in Anti-LGBTQ Bill
- On Friday, Parliament passed the Human Rights and Family Values Bill, 2025, proposing prison sentences of up to three years for individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer.
- Speaker of Parliament Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin directed the bill's reintroduction this year after the Eighth Parliament failed to secure presidential assent for the previous version before the 2024 transition.
- Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Democratic Governance Kwesi Jonah supported the bill's exemptions, which protect journalists, medical professionals, and legal practitioners from criminal sanctions while providing services to the LGBTQ community.
- Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama stated the legislation will undergo legal scrutiny by his advisers and the attorney general, noting it originated as a private members' bill rather than a government proposal.
- Human Rights Watch has urged lawmakers to abandon the bill, arguing it infringes fundamental rights, while supporters maintain the measure protects Ghanaian cultural and family values amid wider regional trends across Africa.
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Ghana: Kwesi Jonah Defends Exemptions for Lawyers, Journalists in Anti-LGBTQ Bill
A Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Democratic Governance (IDEG), Mr Kwesi Jonah, has expressed support for the exemptions included in the Human Rights and Family Values Bill, 2025, which Parliament passed on Friday.
Ghana's anti-LGBTQ+ bill faces further review? » Africa Global Village
Ghanaian President John Mahama has said a controversial bill that would further restrict LGBTQ+ rights will undergo legal scrutiny before it can become law.Sourced from Africanews The post Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ+ bill faces further review? appeared first on Africa Global Village.
Did Ghana Parliament lack a quorum when it passed anti-LGBTQ bill?
Legal challengers say only 34 of Ghana’s 276 legislators were present for the vote In the wake of the passage of Ghana’s cruel, extreme anti-LGBTQ bill by a voice vote in Parliament on May 29: Legal challenge A coalition of organisations led by LGBTQ advocates Rightify Ghana is preparing to challenge the Ghanaian decision in court,… The post Did Ghana Parliament lack a quorum when it passed anti-LGBTQ bill? appeared first on Erasing 76 Crimes.
Presented on behalf of family values, Ghana's Parliament has adopted a new text that severely tightens the repression of LGBTQ+ people and those who support them.
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