Ghana | Anti-LGBTIQ bill already leading to violence
mambaonline.comA report on pending anti-LGBTIQ legislation in Ghana has found that it’s already resulted in a surge of violence and hostilities towards sexual and gender minorities. The report is the outcome of an ongoing collaboration between OutRight Action International and Rightify Ghana, a local LGBTQI+ advocacy organisation.
The research included interviews with 44 LGBTIQ Ghanaians and concluded that the bill has created an unsafe environment for LGBTIQ persons, leading to severe human rights violations by law enforcement and members of the general public.
These include mob attacks, physical violence, arbitrary arrests, blackmail and online harassment, gang rape and other acts of sexual violence, conversion practices, forced evictions and homelessness, employment discrimination, and robbery.
The research found that in some cases, perpetrators of violence make videos of the attacks and circulate them on social media. “We see incredibly barbaric acts against LGBT+ persons recorded and shared across social media; videos that are hard to watch and dehumanising.
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