I was arrested barely two weeks after receiving threats from the Defence Minister – ACP Agordzo

[ad_1] ACP Dr. Benjamin Kwasi Agordzo has revealed that his arrest and five-year trial for treason amongst other charges, came barely two weeks after the Minister of Defence had threatened him. Following a critique he made about the status quo of the police service and how politicians have infiltrated the peace enforcement agency to manipulate … Read more

Findings of the Defence and Interior Committee on invasion of Ashaiman by soldiers 

[ad_1] The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, last year tasked its Defence and Interior Committee to investigate circumstances leading the invasion of Ashaiman, a suburb of Accra, by military personnel. The soldiers’ action was occasioned by the killing of one of their colleagues, Trooper Imoro Sherif, in the town on March 7, 2023. The attack by the soldiers resulted in the injury … Read more

Mahama chides GBA for ‘selective defence’ of people’s rights

[ad_1] Former President John Dramani Mahama has taken on the Ghana Bar Association over what he describes as its selective defense of peoples’ rights that are abused under the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration. Speaking at a town hall meeting with only labour unions at the Great Hall of the Kwame Nkrumah University of … Read more

Court quashes OSP’s defence to Charles Bissue’s claims; directs it to respond

[ad_1] The Office of the Special Prosecutor has been directed by the Human Rights Court presided over by Justice Nicholas Mensah Abodakpi to respond to claims presented by Charles Bissue.  The former secretary of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), Charles Bissue, is seeking an order from the court to quash an arrest warrant … Read more