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Former President, John Mahama has condemned the aggressive treatment of protesters by the Ghana Police Service during the recent three-day demonstration organised by Democracy Hub.
Mr. Mahama stated that it is important for the country to find a middle ground between upholding law and order and safeguarding the rights and freedoms of its citizens.
In a post on X (formerly Twitter), the National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer for the 2024 election described remanding of the protesters as “high-handedness.”
“Remanding Democracy Hub demonstrators for two weeks is high-handed and an abuse of their rights,” he wrote on Thursday, September 26.
Mr Mahama said that the youth in Ghana are entitled to demonstrate in support of their future, especially concerning important issues such as environmental damage caused by unauthorized mining.
“Draconian judicial decisions such as this won’t stop them from speaking out. The authorities must request the judge to review the remand decision and grant them bail immediately,” the former president added.
His comments follow the Accra Circuit Court’s decision on Tuesday, September 24, to remand 28 protesters from the Democracy Hub into police custody, with an additional 11 protesters remanded into prison custody.
The demonstrators were charged with conspiracy to commit a crime, namely unlawful assembly.
On Wednesday, 11 more protesters were remanded into police custody on charges of conspiracy to commit a crime, unlawful assembly, causing unlawful damage, offensive conduct conducive to the breach of peace, assault on a public officer, and additional charges.
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