Ghana | LGBTI+ people beaten, robbed and arrested at party
mambaonline.comActivists in Ghana say that a group of LGBTI+ individuals were not only beaten and robbed by a mob at a party but were then arrested by the police, instead of the criminals. According to the organisation Rightify Ghana, the incident took place on 26 June at a house party in Gbawe, Accra.
At around 2 am, the celebration was violently interrupted when thugs broke into the venue and attacked the revellers with machetes and sticks, robbing them of their personal belongings, including mobile phones.
The police were called to help but when the attackers told officers that the event was “a gay party”, they chose to instead arrest 29 male victims, with others managing to flee over a wall. “The 29 persons arrested were taken to the Gbawe North Police Station.
They were held in an unoccupied female cell. Some of them sustained injuries as a result of the rough and tumble situation during the attack by the homophobic men as well as the police,” said the Rightify Ghana in a statement.
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