Category Archives: Documentation and Reports

Ghana Government Defends UN Vote Abstention Stating its Consistency with Constitution, Clarifies Stance on LGBTQ+ Rights Amid Controversy

Accra, July 9, 2025 – The Government of Ghana, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has issued a press release addressing widespread reactions to the country’s abstention in a United Nations Human Rights Council vote on July 7, 2025. The vote, part of the 59th session of the Human Rights Council (#HRC59), renewed the mandateContinue reading “Ghana Government Defends UN Vote Abstention Stating its Consistency with Constitution, Clarifies Stance on LGBTQ+ Rights Amid Controversy”

Assin South MP Calls for Action and Slams President Mahama Over “Absurd” UN Vote Abstention on LGBTQ+ Rights, Wanted Ghana to Vote Against the Resolution

In a strongly worded post on X on July 8, 2025, Rev. Ntim Fordjour expressed disappointment, accusing President Mahama of abandoning Ghana’s longstanding opposition to LGBTQ+ rights. “Ghana has abstained from a vote on LGBTQ at UN. President Mahama has completely shifted away from the country’s bold stance against LGBTQ,” he wrote. He called onContinue reading “Assin South MP Calls for Action and Slams President Mahama Over “Absurd” UN Vote Abstention on LGBTQ+ Rights, Wanted Ghana to Vote Against the Resolution”

Sam George Calls for Arrest of ‘Queer Couple’ Over Viral Photos at Ghana’s Independence Monument

Hon. Samuel Nartey George, Ghana’s Communication Minister, has called for the arrest of a gay couple photographed at the Independence Monument, triggering public debate over LGBTQ+ rights. His strong condemnation reflects ongoing tensions surrounding the anti-LGBTQ+ bill, which seeks to criminalize LGBTQ+ identities, stirring political controversy and cultural discourse in Ghana.

Escalating Threats Against LGBTQI+ Human Rights Defenders in Northern Ghana: The Alarming Cases of Tamale and Wa (May 2025)

In May 2025, the climate for LGBTQI+ human rights defenders in Northern Ghana reached alarming levels of danger and hostility. In two of the most volatile locations—Tamale in the Northern Region and Wa in the Upper West Region—defenders have faced violent attacks, threats, and forced evictions simply for standing up for the rights of queerContinue reading “Escalating Threats Against LGBTQI+ Human Rights Defenders in Northern Ghana: The Alarming Cases of Tamale and Wa (May 2025)”

Panic grips LGBTQI+ community in Cape Coast as local media launch misinformation campaign that also threaten safety of organisations and activists

Cape Coast, Central Region, Ghana – A recent chieftaincy brouhaha surrounding the installation of prominent human rights defender, Davis Mac-Iyalla, as Amankorehen of the Yamonransa Nkusukum Traditional Area, has led to increased attacks against the LGBTQI+ community in Cape Coast. Names of sexual health and human rights organisations, as well as human rights defenders andContinue reading “Panic grips LGBTQI+ community in Cape Coast as local media launch misinformation campaign that also threaten safety of organisations and activists”

Man’s life threatened by Muslim family who wants him dead to protect family name; serve as deterrent over his perceived sexual orientation

At Sekondi in the Western region of Ghana, a 25-year-old man’s life was threatened by his family in the early hours of Saturday, December 10, 2022, over his perceived sexual orientation. According to the victim (name withheld), he was at work when his aunt called to question him about his sexual orientation. “My aunt toldContinue reading “Man’s life threatened by Muslim family who wants him dead to protect family name; serve as deterrent over his perceived sexual orientation”

Two effeminate men verbally abused and publicly humiliated by a street preacher at Circle, Accra Ghana

A queer person has detailed an abuse and public humiliation he and another “effeminate guy” experienced from a street preacher at Circle, a busy commercial transport area, in Ghana’s capital Accra, on Tuesday, November 15, 2022. Sharing his story on Twitter, the 25-year-old man wrote that “today, I feared for my life at Circle. ForContinue reading “Two effeminate men verbally abused and publicly humiliated by a street preacher at Circle, Accra Ghana”

Gay man stabbed during home invasion in Cape Coast, Ghana

A 21-year-old man was stabbed with scissors in a confrontation with a man during a home invasion Sunday morning in Cape Coast in the Central Region of Ghana, a human rights defender from an organisation based in the region said in a report to Rightify Ghana. The man (name withheld) who identify as a gayContinue reading “Gay man stabbed during home invasion in Cape Coast, Ghana”

AUDIO: ‘I am not safe’ – Gay man details harassment, physical assault, extortion and threat on his life by two homophobic men at Nungua, Ghana

A 32-year-old gay man was attacked by two violent men on July 2, 2022 at Nungua in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. According to the victim (name withheld) who sent audio messages through WhatsApp to report his case to Rightify Ghana, he rents a small apartment at Nungua which has no toilet facilities henceContinue reading “AUDIO: ‘I am not safe’ – Gay man details harassment, physical assault, extortion and threat on his life by two homophobic men at Nungua, Ghana”