Supporters and opponents of Ghana's new anti-LGBT bill faced off parliament on Wednday the first public heargs to the proposed legislatn that would make a crime to be gay, bisexual or transgenr.
Contents:
- EXPLAER: WHAT MAK GHANA’S ANTI-GAY BILL SO EXTREME?
- GHANA'S ANTI-GAY BILL NMNED AS 'STATE-SPONSORED' VLENCE
- GHANA: ANTI-GAY BILL PROPOSG 10-YEAR PRISON SENTENC SPARKS OUTRAGE
EXPLAER: WHAT MAK GHANA’S ANTI-GAY BILL SO EXTREME?
If passed s current form, rights groups say uld spark a wch-hunt of sexual mori, advocy groups and “alli”, forcg the public to report on their are some of the ma measur, wh excerpts om the bill self:A clampdown on LGBTQ+ intyThe law would crimalise, wh up to five years prison, intifyg as a LGBTQ+ person, havg a gay relatnship or terurse.
(A) person ms an offence if the person holds out as a lbian, a gay, a transgenr, a transsexual, a queer, a pansexual, an ally …. A duty to reportAnyone ma aware of gay acts who fails to report them uld also be crimalised. Shone Apong, a paralegal and advote for mori Ghana, says the bill is an attack on the existence of anyone believed to be gay or queer.
GHANA'S ANTI-GAY BILL NMNED AS 'STATE-SPONSORED' VLENCE
It was put forward by a cross-party group of MPs led by Sam Gee, an opposn MP and one of the most proment anti-gay figur parliament. Both are active Ai and other parts of the world fightg agast abortn rights and gay rights. ACCRA, Nov 11 (Rters) - Supporters and opponents of Ghana's new anti-LGBT bill faced off parliament on Wednday the first public heargs to the proposed legislatn that would make a crime to be gay, bisexual or Ampaw, a lawyer reprentg a aln agast the law, was met wh ocsnal jeers as he told the ssn the Fay Valu bill would be "totalarian" and "unnstutnal" the other si of the argument, Abraham Ofori-Kuragu, a reprentative of Ghana's Pentestal uncil, told the tense gatherg of lawmakers and media the bill reflected the will of most have been no natnal opn polls on the bill, which has been nmned by U.
"I have never seen a bill so bold s prentatn of the Ghanaian agenda, " he rights groups Ghana said they have seen a spike homophobic attacks sce the draft law was troduced Augt.
"Homosexualy remas taboo many socially nservative Ain societi where some relig groups have brand a rptg Wtern rights activists say was actually lonial Wtern powers who first crimalised homosexualy many parts of the mtee is expected to hear ten petns a week a seri of public ssns before the bill is put to a vote parliament, puty majory lear Alexanr Afenyo-Mark said. Passg the Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Fay Valu bill would further rce eedoms a untry where gay sex is already punishable wh up to three years jail, crics and activists Odoi, an amic rearcher, filed a lawsu on July 7 challengg the bill's nstutnaly, sayg would impact donor aid and other forms of fancial support. Ghana's Supreme Court on Wednday led her arguments were not sufficiently nvcg to grant an lg cleared the way for the bill, one of the harsht towards the LGBTQ muny Ai, to go through a fal stage of parliamentary approval before beg signed to May, Uganda's Print Yoweri Meveni signed one of the world's tought anti-LGBTQ laws, which spelled out the ath penalty for "aggravated homosexualy"'s bill, backed by relig and tradnal lears, clus jail sentenc of up to 10 years for advotg for LGBTQ rights.
GHANA: ANTI-GAY BILL PROPOSG 10-YEAR PRISON SENTENC SPARKS OUTRAGE
Ghana's parliament began nsirg a bill that would crimalise homosexualy and make advotg for LGBT people a crime. Human rights activists have sound the alarm at plans to prosecute the LGBT muny a untry already experiencg a wave of homophobia. On Tuday, Ghana’s parliament started studyg the ntroversial draft legislatn aimed at heavily penalisg homosexualy, which is already prohibed the untry.
If passed, the new bill would allow for up to 10 years prison for LGBT people, penalise those fendg them as well as penalise the publitn of rmatn that uld be nsired as enuragg bill also promot gay “nversn therapy”, a ntroversial practice ed several untri on the Ain ntent and parts of the Uned Stat. Gee scribed homosexualy as a “perversn”. Unprecented wave of homophobia Acrdg to several associatns fendg LGBT rights on the Ain ntent, Ghana has seen an unprecented wave of homophobia over the past several years.