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On 24 February, National Security raided the offices of LGBT+ Rights Ghana. It came not long after the organisation opened a new LGBTQI+ safe space to provide members support and a place to socialise.
Sharing the incident in a Twitter thread, the gay rights organisation said:
This morning, our office was raided by National Security. A few days ago, traditional leaders threatened to burn down our office but the police did not help.
At this moment, we no longer have access to our safe space and our safety is being threatened. We call on all human rights organizations, and allies to speak out against these attacks and hate crimes we are being subjected to.
The Interfaith Diversity Network of West Africa (IDNOWA) has hit at the Ghana Catholic Bishops rsquo; Conference (GCBC) following their recent condemnation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBTQI) rights in Ghana.
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The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC) has urged government not to succumb to pressures to legitimize the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQI) rights in Ghana.
The GCBC in a statement released Friday, signed by its President, Most Reverend Philip Nameeh, emphasized that “according to the Church’s understanding of human rights, the rights of homosexuals as persons do not include the right of a man to marry a man or of a woman to marry a woman. For the Church, this is morally wrong and goes against the purpose of marriage”.
They also pointed out the fact that the “European Court for Human Rights has ruled that same-sex “marriages” are not considered a human right”.