Five-member committee to investigate assault on KUMACA female student
The Education Directorate of Asokore Mampong Municipality has set up a 5-member committee to investigate the circumstance that led to the assault of a female student of Kumasi Academy Senior High School, KUMACA. The committee is to present its report in a week. A security man and some students of the school are seen in […]
Police begin investigation into viral video showing abuse of female student
By: Henrietta Afful The Ghana Police Service has launched an investigation into a viral video showing young men harassing a female student in the Ashanti Region. A troubling 31-second video that has been circulated widely on social media shows a disturbing incident involving a female student being harassed by a group of young men. The […]
Joseph Paintsil suffers racist abuse in LA Galaxy’s defeat to LA FC
By: Nana Kwame Bediako Joseph Paintsil has become the latest African footballer to fall victim to racial abuse in Major League Soccer. The Ghanaian was racially abused during a heated derby match between his club, Los Angeles Galaxy, and Los Angeles FC. The Ghanaian winger became the target point for most LA Galaxy fans following […]
Need to develop remedies for abuse within Corporate environment
By: Gloria Angmorkie Anderson Mercy Obonyo, the Programme Officer, Business and Human Rights, Network of African, National Human Rights Institutions says there is a need for countries to develop a National Action Plan (NAP) that seeks to surmount structural and procedural barriers to accessing remedies for corporate abuses. This calls for policy actions focused on […]
Report Abuse cases with evidence- Journalists urged
By: Gloria Angmorkie Anderson A media consultant, Gabriel Baglo has advised journalists in Africa to report cases of abuse and provide accurate information on Business and Human Rights (BHR). Mr. Baglo, a communication and media development Consultant, from Dakar, Senegal, gave the advice during a five-day journalist’s programme organized by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung in Accra, […]
