{"id":106976,"date":"2024-02-29T04:51:13","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T09:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africatodaynewsnewyork.com\/?p=106976"},"modified":"2024-02-29T04:51:13","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T09:51:13","slug":"reactions-as-ghana-parliament-passes-anti-lgbtq-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africatodaynewsnewyork.com\/2024\/02\/29\/reactions-as-ghana-parliament-passes-anti-lgbtq-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Reactions As Ghana Parliament Passes Anti-LGBTQ Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The <a href=\"https:\/\/africadailynews.net\/2020\/01\/11\/nuclear-advancement-russia-begins-training-of-ghanians.html\">Ghanian<\/a> parliament has voted to pass a controversial bill to severely restrict LGBTQ rights in a move that is now being condemned by activists across the world.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Africa Today News, New York reports that the bill still has to assented by the president before it becomes a law, which observers believe is unlikely before a general election in December.<\/p>\n<p>Activist groups have called the \u201cHuman Sexual Rights and Family Values\u201d bill a setback for human rights and urged President Nana Akufo-Addo\u2019s government to reject it.<\/p>\n<p>But the bill is widely supported in Ghana, where Akufo-Addo has said gay marriage will never be allowed while he is in power.<\/p>\n<p>Known by many as the &#8220;anti-gay bill,&#8221; this comprehensive piece of legislation was sponsored by a group of traditional Ghanaian Christian, Muslim, and Muslim leaders and was approved by voice vote without any opposition.<\/p>\n<p>Gay sex is already illegal in the religious West African nation, but while discrimination against LGBTQ people is common no one has ever been prosecuted under the colonial-era law.<\/p>\n<p>Under the provisions of the bill, same-sex relations could be punished with imprisonment ranging from six months to three years.<\/p>\n<p>Those advocating for LGBTQ rights could be subject to harsher penalties, with potential jail terms of three to five years.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>Read Also: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/africatodaynewsnewyork.com\/2022\/12\/28\/ban-on-new-year-prophecies-still-in-place-ghanian-police\/\">Ban On New Year Prophecies Still In Place \u2013 Ghanian Police<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>UN rights chief Volker Turk condemned the passing of the bill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI call for the bill not to become law,\u201d he said. \u201cConsensual same-sex conduct should never be criminalised.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He warned that such measures can expose people to hate crime, and urged the government to \u201censure everyone can live free from violence, stigma and discrimination, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A human rights coalition known as the Big 18, an umbrella group of lawyers and activists in Ghana, has also criticised the bill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou cannot criminalise a person\u2019s identity and that\u2019s what the bill is doing and it\u2019s absolutely wrong,\u201d said Takyiwaa Manuh, a member of the coalition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to impress on the president not to assent to the bill, it totally violates the human rights of the LGBT community,\u201d Manuh told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>Opposition lawmaker Sam George, the main sponsor of the bill, called on Akufo-Addo to assent to it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is nothing that deals with LGBTQ better than this bill that has been passed by parliament. We expect the president to walk his talk and be a man of his words,\u201d George said.<\/p>\n<p>Members of Ghana\u2019s LGBTQ community are worried about the implications of the bill.<\/p>\n<p>Founder and director of the organisation LGBT+ Rights Ghana Alex Donkor said \u201cthe passing of this bill will further marginalise and endanger LGBTQ individuals in Ghana.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt not only legalises discrimination but also fosters an environment of fear and persecution,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith harsh penalties for both LGBTQ individuals and activists, this bill threatens the safety and well-being of an already vulnerable community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Around 30 African countries currently ban homosexuality, according to the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA).<\/p>\n<p>Uganda, Mauritania and several northern Nigerian states punish same-sex relations extremely harshly, with those accused possibly facing the death 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