Media Violence Against Women
In this report, Odimegwu Onwumere writes that there is a new form of violence against women through the media and calls on the general public to respect the right to dignity of the human person...
Tag: violence
Police Announce New Numbers To Beef Up Security
The Greater Accra Regional Police Command has introduced three new security emergency numbers as part of security arrangements to tackle any violence that may erupt during the elections. “This is...
This Is Complete Rabble-Rousing!
The presidential candidates of the various political parties who have been cleared to contest in tomorrow's election recently assembled in Accra to sign a peace pact. The idea by proponents of the...
Police Introduce New Emergency Numbers
The Greater Accra Regional Police Command has introduced three new security emergency numbers barely a day to the conduct of the December 7 general elections. A statement signed by Head of the Public...
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The continuous struggle to liberate and empower women and girls will never be complete without the history of the Mirabal Sisters,political activists in the Dominican Republic who were assassinated...
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The continuous struggle to liberate and empower women and girls will never be complete without the history of the Mirabal Sisters,political activists in the Dominican Republic who were assassinated...
My Passionate Appeal To My Fellow Ghanaians
The hour to dawn is always the darkest, we have been here before as a country but I want to implore every Ghanaian especially my teaming youth to remember that we must not allow ourselves to be used...
US Tourist Allegedly Gang-Raped In India
India's police say they are seriously investigating allegations that an American woman was drugged and raped by a group of men in her five-star hotel room in the country's capital earlier this year....
Robber Kills Colleague
One out of three masked armed robbers who allegedly attacked a house at Baatsonaa Kotobabi near Spintex in Accra, has reportedly been killed by his colleague in a shootout. The deceased, yet to be...
27% Say Rape Sometimes Acceptable
More than a quarter of EU residents have said that sex without consent may be justified under certain circumstances, according to a new survey commissioned by the European Commission. Overall, 27...
NPP Insiders Speak of Silenced Horror
The main opposition party is not ready for Ghana’s highest office. A new documentary making rounds paints a bleak picture of the Danquah-Busia party, positioning them as a violence prone unit that...
Evan Rachel Wood
US actress Evan Rachel Wood says she’s been raped twice. In an open letter on Twitter, the 29-year-old said she’d been attacked by a “significant other” and a bar owner. She wrote the post...
WANEP Hopeful For Peaceful Elections In Ghana
The Executive Director of WANEP, Chukwuemeka Eze has expressed optimism that the December 7 Presidential elections will be peaceful. He said going by the level of preparedness and especially the...
“Politics Of Aggression And 2016 Election Year”
Introduction Peace is not an automatic and certain happening for the nation Ghana. The fact that Ghana has witnessed smooth political successive developments, does not generate “PEACE” as...
Koku Anyidoho Tells NPP
Deputy General Secretary of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho has said his party is not will not engage in any act of violence but they will not watch aloof anyone who...
Ghanaian Politicians Are Hypocrites
Public Relations Officer (PRO) for the Ghana Police Service Superintendent Cephas Arthur has slammed politicians in Ghana describing them as hypocrites. His comments follow recent attacks on the...
Don’t Always Look To ICC For Adjudication
A human rights lawyer and lecturer at the Queens University, Belfast School of Law in the UK, Dr Yassin Brunger, wants individual countries to be responsible for the adjudication of violations...
Turkey Withdraws Child Rape Bill After Street Protests
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has withdrawn a bill that would pardon men convicted of sex with underage girls if they had married them. The government acted just before the controversial...
Peace Council Steps In To Avert Further NDC, NPP Violent Clashes
The National Peace Council is to convene a high level election stakeholders meeting on electoral violence, impunity and injustice on Wednesday, on November 23. The Council fears recent clashes...
France Arrests Seven People Suspected of Planning Militant Attack
France said on Monday it had foiled a possible militant attack after detaining seven people, including some who had been in the ranks of Islamic State in Syria. The arrests come a year after a state...