Arrested, abused and accused: wave of repression targets LGBT+ Ghanaians
Tue 13 Jul 2021 00.00 EDT Last modified on Tue 13 Jul 2021 00.01 EDT “All I wanted to do was help vulnerable people,” said Shaun Apong, tears streaking down his face, from behind the bars of a squalid police cell in Ho City in eastern Ghana. Apong was one of 21 people arrested in early June, charged with unlawful assembly and accused of spreading an LGBT+ agenda, amid a marked and sudden increase in sensitivities around the rights and advocacy of gay and queer people in the west African country. For years, Apong (not his real name) had held training sessions for paralegals, activists and...
Source: theguardian.com