Kan Dapaah calls for unified action, innovative strategies against terrorism in Sahel Region

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May 11, 2024
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Minister of National Security, Albert Kan Dapaah, has called for a united effort between state and non-state entities to combat the threat of terrorism and violent extremism.

According to Dapaah, such collaboration is essential to tackle the escalating security challenges in the Sahel region and its neighbouring countries.

Speaking at the launch of this year’s Accra Initiative, Kan Dapaah stressed the importance of adopting innovative strategies to address current regional security concerns.

“The greatest challenge we have now is to stop the killing of the people and the only way this initiative becomes useful is for us to help the front-line countries be able to stop the terrorists. How come we have bigger armies than the terrorists? The terrorists are not that many and yet countries like Mali, like Niger, like Kina, and Paso, cannot finish them in a day.”

Kan Dapaah explained that the decision to unite during this Accra initiative is a result of being faced with the inability to achieve certain tasks within a short timeframe due to needing more resilience.

“If they cannot do that in a day or a month because they don’t possess the resilience, why don’t we come together to fight them? So we decided to have not just the ACRA initiative but a multinational joint task force which will be capable of providing kinetic support to member states.”

Speaking at the launch, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) resident representative, Angela Lusigi, charged Africans to do more to safeguard security in their respective countries.

“Let me take this opportunity to recall our shared commitment to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and Africa Union’s Agenda 2063. With only five years left to reach the Sustainable Development Goals, we must not lose our gains over the last 10 years. Together, as individuals and as a society, we can do more to ensure a safer and more secure world for all,” she said.

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October 5, 2024
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Democracy Hub Protesters file suit against IGP, AG

Thirty-two protesters from the Democracy Hub have filed a lawsuit against the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the Attorney General and Minister for Justice, alleging violations of their human rights.

They are seeking a declaration that the conduct of the Ghana Police Service in disrupting the peaceful protest violated Article 21(d) of the 1992 Constitution, Article 21 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Article 11 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and Article 20 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

The protesters were among 53 individuals arrested during a peaceful demonstration that took place between September 21 and 23, which turned violent after clashes with the Police.

The Ghana Police Service accused the protesters of blocking roads, dismantling barriers, obstructing traffic, and damaging property at Accra’s 37 Roundabout.

Out of the 53 arrested, nine are currently in prison, while the rest remain in police custody. The prosecution has denied any mistreatment of the accused, asserting that they were properly cared for, including being provided meals from the popular restaurant Papaye. This claim, however, sparked outrage from defense lawyers.

The Group being presented by Mr Francis-Xavier Sosu, was also demanding a declaration that the respondents had violated the applicants’ rights to liberty and security of their person and freedom from unlawful and arbitrary arrest and detention enshrined in Article 14 of the 1992 constitution.

They said the respondents also violated Article 9 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; Article 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; Principles 2 and 11 of the Body of Principles for the protection of all persons under any form of detention or imprisonment and Article 6 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights.

They also want a declaration that respondents have violated applicants’ right to legal representation enshrined in Article 14(2) of the 1992 constitution of Ghana.

“We seek a declaration that denying the Applicants basic necessities while in detention violated their right to human dignity as enshrined in Article 15 of the 1992 constitution, Article 5 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and Article 10 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,” they said.

They also sought a declaration that the detention of some Applicants for more than 48 hours before bringing them before a court violated their rights under Article 14(3)(b) of the 1992 constitution.

The applicants want a declaration that the force used by Respondents on Applicants was excessive, unreasonable, and unjustifiable.

A Declaration that the conduct of Respondents is in breach of the standards of fairness and reasonableness under Article 23, proper use of discretion under Article 296, and all implied rights inherent in a democracy intended to secure the freedom and dignity of man which include the right not to be subjected to arbitrary and malicious prosecution under Article 33(5) of the 1992 Constitution, the prayed.

An order directed at the Respondents to pay to the Applicants compensation for unlawful and unwarranted breach of the Applicants’ fundamental human rights.

Source: GNA

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September 26, 2024
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Kumasi Magistrate court invalidates more than 1,000 voter transfers to Manhyia South constituency

A Kumasi magistrate court has invalidated more than 1,000 voter transfers to the Manhyia South constituency, ordering the Electoral Commission (EC) to take immediate steps to return all the affected voters to their original constituencies.

The court, Presided by the Magistrate, Gyaawa Donkor, arrived at the verdict after complaint brought before the court by Lawyer Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary Candidate for Manhyia South, after detecting that the transfers had been orchestrated by the National Democratic Congress (NDC), traveled its judicial course.

Mr Awuah, after uncovering the illegal transfers, had mobilised polling station executives and residents to raise objections, indicating that these transfers involved individuals who did not reside in the constituency.

The objections were formalised through the completion of Objection Forms in accordance with Regulation 23 of CI 91, which indicated that the transferred voters were not residents of the constituency.

On September 20, 2024, during the court’s hearing on the matter, landlords of the properties, which the affected voters used to register, testified before the court denying that the individuals live at those addresses.

When the Ghana News Agency reached out to the NDC Parliamentary candidate, Ms Rita Gyamfua Amonu, after the court’s ruling, she opted not to comment on the matter.

Source: GNA