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Ghana dispatch: police suppression of a demonstration against illegal mining raises questions of respect for human rights and the constitution

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Ghana dispatch: police suppression of a demonstration against illegal mining raises questions of respect for human rights and the constitution

John Kyeremanteng Nuamah | U. Cape Coast Faculty of Law, GH

September 30, 2024 03:05:55 pm

On the 23rd and 24th of September, The Democracy Hub, a Ghanaian civil society organization led by Oliver Baker Vormawor, notified the Police of their intention to undertake a demonstration pursuant to their right enshrined under article 21(1)d of the 1992 Constitution. The demonstration was intended to expose the devastating effects of illegal mining (galamsey) [...]

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