{"id":312268,"date":"2024-02-28T19:50:22","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T18:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=312268"},"modified":"2024-02-28T19:50:22","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T18:50:22","slug":"ghana-parliament-passes-anti-lgbtq-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/02\/28\/ghana-parliament-passes-anti-lgbtq-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana parliament passes anti-LGBTQ bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Bill still has to be validated by the president before becoming law<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ghana\u2019s parliament voted to pass a controversial bill to severely restrict LGBTQ rights on Wednesday in a move condemned by rights activists.<\/p>\n<p>The bill still has to be validated by the president before becoming 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>Commonly referred to as the anti-gay bill, the legislation received sponsorship from a coalition comprising Christian, Muslim and Ghanaian traditional leaders, finding substantial backing among members of parliament.<\/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<p>A human rights coalition known as the Big 18, an umbrella group of lawyers and activists in Ghana, has condemned 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 AFP.<\/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 penalty.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa is the only nation on the continent to allow gay marriage, which it legalised in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Gay sex has been decriminalised in only a handful of countries: Cape Verde, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Lesotho, Mozambique, and the Seychelles, according to the ILGA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill still has to be validated by the president before becoming law Ghana\u2019s parliament voted to pass a controversial bill to severely restrict LGBTQ rights on Wednesday in a move condemned by rights activists. 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