Indonesian Men To Be Caned For Gay Sex
Two Indonesian men will Tuesday be publicly caned for having sex, in a first for the Muslim-majority country where there are concerns over mounting hostility towards the small gay community. The...
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Prohibit Women Under 30 From Going To Middle East- Lawyer Proposes
A private legal practitioner, John Kwame Quayeson is urging the government to consider placing an embargo on women under age 30, from seeking greener pastures in countries in the Middle East. Lawyer...
CHRAJ Cannot Be Trusted To Fight Corruption – Oguaa Residents
Some residents in the Cape Coast Metropolis have said the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) alone, cannot fight the canker of corruption. They said the anti-corruption...
ARAP Builds Capacity For Public Education and Law Enforcement On Corruption
The EU funded Ghana Anti-Corruption, Rule of Law and Accountability Programme (ARAP) in collaboration with CHRAJ and NCCE has organized a multi stakeholder training workshop on public education for...
I Was Physically Abused By All 3 Guys I Dated In Last 4 Yrs – Vicky Zugah Breaks Silence
Ghanaian actress Vicky Zugah has finally let the cat out of the bag as she revealed the torture she has been through the past four years of her relationship with her three ex-boyfriends. She...
Kpandai Leads In Sexual and Gender Violence
The Kpandai District in the Northern Region recorded thirty-two assault cases in 2016, topping the list of sexual and gender based violence. Abduction and kidnapping came second with 10 cases. Other...
I’m A Victim of Domestic Violence
The fight against domestic violence is still going on especially on social media and several celebrities have joined the campaign. After Nigerian Actress Tontoh Dikeh shocked the world with her story...
Grim Torture Images Ignite Anger Against Ugandan Police
Ugandan rights activists say grisly images of the torture of a detained politician showing septic wounds on his body highlight escalating brutality and impunity by the country's security personnel....
‘I Will Never Repeat My Conduct’ – Bugri Naabu Apologises
The Northern Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Daniel Bugri Naabu has rendered an unqualified apology to the party following a war of words between him and the Gender Minister,...
My Outburst Was Due To Extreme Anger and Provocation
The Northern Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) Daniel Bugri Naabu has stated that his recent outburst following his public brawl with the Minister of Gender and Women Affairs...
Domestic Violence Against Women Must Stop – Lydia Forson
Ghanaian movie personality Lydia Forson has added her voice to the fight against domestic violence against women. According the actress, women not been able to speak out much against domestic...
Minister Threatens To Sue Bugri Naabu For Defamation
The Northern Regional chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Daniel Bugri Naabu will be hurled before court if he fails to render an unqualified apology to the Upper East Regional Minister,...
Bukari Demands Apology From Naabu
Upper East Regional Minister Rockson Bukari has demanded an unqualified apology from the New Patriotic Party’s Northern Regional Chairman Daniel Bugri Naabu for alleging that he (Mr Bukari) had a...
‘Revenge Porn’ On ‘mass Scale’ In Australia
Researchers on Monday urged tougher laws to protect victims of "revenge porn" in Australia after a survey revealed abuses, including shooting and sharing intimate images without permission, on a...
‘Revenge Porn’ Scale In Australia Revealed
One in five Australians has suffered image-based abuse, according to the nation's most comprehensive study on "revenge porn". The national survey of more than 4,200 people found that men and women...
DOVVSU Advises Women Against Providing Dowry
Women have been advised to stop the practice of providing dowry for men to present to their (women) parents as bride price to marry them. Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Mr Emmanuel Holortu,...
I Was Treated Like A Criminal For Standing Up To Racism
Sulley Muntari says he was "treated like a criminal" by the Italian football authorities after he was banned for complaining about racist abuse last weekend. The Pescara midfielder, who played for...
20 Stopped From Joining ISIS In Ghana
A 21-year-old from northern Ghana was last year stopped from joining the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Executive Director of the West Africa Centre for Counter-Extremism (WACCE), Mr...
Suspects In Uganda Police Murder Claim They Were Tortured
Thirteen men accused of involvement in the murder of high-ranking police officer Andrew Kaweesi and two aides appeared in court Friday, with some claiming they had been tortured while in detention....
Woman, 45, Arrested For Maltreating Nephew
A 45-year-old woman has been arrested for subjecting her three-year-old nephew to severe beatings, denying him food for days and leaving assault marks all over the boy’s body at Agbobloshie, in...