Since Ghana’s independence in 1957, the country has been exploring measures to increase women’s participation in governance. This is in recognition of the fact that women’s contribution to...
Former head of the Commission on Human Rights and Administration Justice (CHRAJ, Mr Emile Short, has called for the amendment of the Criminal Offences Act to make corruption a high crime rather than...
Philippine drug war critic Leila de Lima was a highly paid lawyer who switched focus mid-career to human rights, a decision that would draw her into the deadly world of President Rodrigo Duterte. De...
More people are adding their voices to condemn brutality meted out to a Nigerian woman who was stripped naked and pounded in the private part for allegedly stealing yam. Executive Director of the Ark...
A gender activist is demanding justice for a young woman who was stripped naked and kicked in her private parts in the Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi for allegedly stealing GHS1,000. In a video...
Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, seems to have opened the floodgates for more witnesses to be called to the committee investigating allegation of bribery in...
A freelance journalist who petitioned the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) over the recent bribery allegation in Parliament is unhappy with the response given him....
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), has said it will take a back seat on investigations into the bribery allegations against some Members of Parliament’s Appointments...
The Special Parliamentary Committee investigating the alleged bribery incident against members of the Appointments Committee has rescheduled sitting to Monday with chief suspect in the scandal vowing...
The Ford Expedition car which was given to ex President John Mahama as a gift by a Burkinabe Contractor cannot be found among the pool of vehicles at the Flagstaff House, Henry Nana Boakye, Deputy...
Indications are that the five-member committee appointed by Parliament to investigate the bribery allegation involving some Members of Parliament (MPs) and a minister of state will conduct public...
On the last day of January 2017, Ghana witnessed yet another avoidable tragedy which claimed the lives of six pupils of the Gyambra Methodist Kindergarten School at Breman Gyambra in the...
A group calling itself the Movement for Development of Ghana has called on the Legislature and the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to investigate the accusation of...
The latest news coming from Ghana my motherland is that, President Akufo-Addo has settled on lawyer Akoto Ampaw as the first person to fill the position of Independent or Special Prosecutor. Sources...
On the last day of January 2017, Ghana witnessed yet another avoidable tragedy which claimed the lives of six pupils of the Gyambra Methodist Kindergarten School at Breman Gyambra in the...
Parliament has set up a special committee to spearhead an internal inquiry into bribery allegations against the Appointments Committee but I don’t think Parliament must probe Parliament, founder...
“There comes a time in life when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because his conscience tells him it is right” – Martin Luther King...
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central constituency Kennedy Agyapong has dispelled allegations that he offered bribe to members of the Appointments Committee of Parliament to influence their...
Individuals and organisations who have suggested that parliament should not be the body investigating its own in the wake of a bribery scandal are making a valid argument, Justice Emile Short, a...
The Asikuma Odoben-Abrakwa District Police Command has commenced investigations into the death of six pupils of the Breman Jamra Methodist Kindergarten School. The death, which shocked the entire...
