Human Rights Lawyer
Prof Kweku Asare Threatens To Drag GLC To Supreme Court Over Law School Admissions
Renowned constitutional lawyer Professor Kweku Asare is set to return to the Supreme Court for interpretation if the...
Sosu Sues General Legal Council After Serious Abuse, Threat
Renowned Ghanaian human rights lawyer Francis-Xavier Sosu, has filed a writ seeking to enforce his fundamental rights...
I’ll Quit Law Practice In Ghana Due To ‘demigods’
Human rights lawyer Francis-Xavier Sosu has revealed his willingness to quit the practice of law in Ghana, stating he...
General Legal Council Suspends ‘double Agent’ Lawyer
The lawyer is accused of playing a ‘double agent’ by acting as a Counsel for two separate individuals in a...
Fake News, Torture, Cover-Ups
Police brutality, "fake news" propaganda and official cover-ups at the height of apartheid have been laid bare in a...
Human Rights Lawyer Francis Xavier Sosu’s Application Dismissed
The Court of Appeal has dismissed an application filed by human rights lawyer Francis Xavier Sosu on the grounds that...
Dark Days For China’s Democracy Dream
The death of Liu Xiaobo deprives China's dissident movement of a crucial figurehead at a time when political activism...
GLC Sued At Supreme Court For ‘amending’ Law Without Recourse To Parliament
The General Legal Council (GLC) has been dragged to the Supreme Court of Ghana for engaging in an alleged illegality by...
General Legal Council Dragged To Supreme Court Over ‘draconian’ Rules
A Ghanaian citizen, Emmanuel Korsi Senyo, has gone to the Supreme Court seeking to discredit the work of the...
Joel Joffe, Lawyer Who Defended Mandela, Dies Aged 85
Tributes were paid Tuesday to Joel Joffe, the lawyer who defended Nelson Mandela in the trial that saw the...
Minister Under Fire For Attack On Sri Lankan Rights Lawyer
Sri Lanka's justice minister faced calls for his resignation Tuesday after accusing a human rights lawyer of misleading...
Lawyers Can Advertise On Websites But Not Social Media – Akuffo
Chief Justice nominee, Justice Sophia Akuffo has said that legal practitioners can advertise their law firm(s) on...
Xavier Sosu Applies To Halt Execution of 3-Year Ban
Embattled Human Rights Lawyer, Francis Xavier Sosu, has applied for a stay of execution of his 3-year ban imposed by...
Sosu Files Another Appeal Over Suspension
Human Rights Lawyer, Francis Sosu has filed an application for stay of execution on the General Legal Council’s...
Egypt Blocks More Internet Sites
Egypt, under fire for muzzling freedom of expression, has blocked access to around 60 news websites and service...
NGO Petitions General Legal Council
The Centre for Victims of Injustice (CenVI) has petitioned the General Legal Council (GLC) to withdraw the three-year...
Francis Sosu’s Client ‘admits’ To Spreading Falsehood In Secret Recording
Joy News has intercepted a secret recording in which Francis Agyare, the client of embattled human rights lawyer...
My Accusations Against You Were Borne Out of Depression
A new twist to the Francis Xavier Sosu and Francis Agyare controversy has emerged barely 24 hours after Agyare publicly...
Don’t Blame Me For Sosu’s Woes; He’s Being Punished By God
The man whose complaint led to the suspension of popular human rights lawyer, Francis-Xavier Sosu says he is not to...