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Uproar over establishment of LGBT office in Ghana

Maravi Post Reporter

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There is public uproar over the establishment of an office in the Ghanaian capital Accra, for the LGBT community.

It follows viral photographs of the commissioning of the office and it’s fundraising programme attended by some diplomats.

The presence of the diplomats including Australian High Commissioner Gregory Andrews has fuelled speculations about their support for the activities of the LGBT group.

The National Coalition for Proper Human Sexual Rights and Family Values, a civil society group in Ghana is demanding that the offices are shutdown.

Its Executive Secretary Moses Foh-Amoaning argued that LGBT rights are not recognized under Ghana’s human rights laws.

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“The presidency, the ministry of foreign Affairs and the IGP have every right to investigate that office to close it down immediately and arrest and prosecute those people involved in it,” he said.

Mr Foh-Amoaning hinted that his group will push further against activities of the LGBT community in Ghana.

“We will put the appropriate petitions before Parliament for the immediate passage of a comprehensive legislation and then we will prohibit their motion” he indicated.

But in a sharp rebuttal, the LGBT group has condemned the demand for the closure of its office.

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“LGBT+ Rights Ghana has an irrevocable right to exist as a recognized entity and movement entitled to all the rights and protections guaranteed under Ghana’s 1992 constitution.

We have the rights as Ghanaians to live in peace, join groups, be protected from harm and have our privacy respected.

We are well aware of the National Coalition for Proper Human Sexual Rights and Family Values aims and we strongly condemn their plans to sow discord and incite violence against an oppressed minority group like ours,” it said in a statement.

Ghana accused of abusing rights of gays and Lesbians

Source: Africafeeds.com

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Malawi gays,lesbians feel sidelined ahead May 21 polls

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MZUZU-(MaraviPost)-It never rained but pours to gays and lesbians in Malawi ahead of May 21,2019 general elections as the group feels that they are sidelined by the stakeholders.

Speaking to this reporter, one of the gay who has shown interest to stand as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the north who denied to reveal his identity said as the minority group they were expecting support from stakeholders as they do to women and people with disabilities.

According to him despite the country failing to recognise their rights the are number of gays and lesbians contesting in various position especially as councilors and MPs.

“We think if we have number of representatives in Parliament we can manage to make the constitution allows us to practice our rights just as any person do. However, we are lacking support from stakeholders. They can support us secretly and we are ready to work with any willing stakeholders,” he said.

According to Jackson Caesar Msiska, the executive director for Action for Social and Human Development (ASHUDNA), the organization dealing promoting the rights of minority, members from secular humanism and gays/lesbians are in total silence following the vehemently denial by the country that such persons are misguided and mislead.

“These people are afraid to come in open due to fears that once they declare their status they are likely to lose their political career, this is unfair and uncalled for. Everyone is entitled to his/her rights,what the country is doing to sideline such minorities is retrogressive” said Msiska.

Msiska, further added that, currently he is having undisclosed number of the minority group being sidelined and suffering in silence.

While concurring Msiska, one of the aspiring gay said “What Mr Msiska is saying is hundred percent true, for how long shall the republic of Malawi consider us as outcats? We are Malawians, determined to bring tremendous development if and only if we are left free and acceptable in the society”.