Amnesty
International
Ghana
Supports
President’s
Decision
on
Anti-LGBTQ
Bill,
Raises
Concerns
Over
Prison
Conditions
Amnesty
International
Ghana
has
backed
President
Akufo-Addo’s
decision
not
to
sign
the
anti-LGBTQ
bill
into
law.
The
organization
commended
the
President
for
redirecting
the
bill
to
the
court,
allowing
the
judiciary
to
determine
the
merit
of
the
issues.
The
group
also
expressed
significant
concerns
over
the
inadequate
feeding
grants
for
inmates,
which
currently
stand
at
1.80
pesewas
per
prisoner
per
day.
Additionally,
they
highlighted
the
severe
congestion
in
prisons,
equating
the
conditions
faced
by
inmates
to
torture.
Further
concerns
were
raised
regarding
illegal
mining,
commonly
known
as
galamsey,
and
the
political
manoeuvring
surrounding
the
issue.
Speaking
to
Channel
One
News
during
the
annual
gathering
of
members
in
Cape
Coast,
Francis
Nyantakyi,
the
Board
Chairman
of
Amnesty
International
Ghana,
emphasised
the
need
for
the
government
to
take
decisive
steps
to
address
these
critical
issues.
“Amnesty
International
opposes
the
Bill,
we
think
that
the
president
should
not
sign.
We
think
that
this
is
a
bill
that
is
going
to
retrogress
our
society.
“We
should
be
forward-thinking.
We
should
be
looking
at
topical
Human
Rights
issues
that
are
affecting
the
ordinary,
we
don’t
need
to
cut
minorities,
and
we
don’t
need
to
fight
a
fight
that
is
unhealthy.
So
this
Bill,
for
us,
it’s
not
important.”
“We
thank
the
president
for
taking
a
very
decisive
step
by
redirecting
the
bill
back
to
the
court.
We
think
that
the
law
that
is
being
made
is
irrelevant,
it
doesn’t
help.
“The
biggest
challenge
in
our
prisons
is
that
the
prisons
are
overcrowded.
It’s
supposed
reformative
environment,
it’s
not
supposed
to
be
a
punitive
environment.”
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