LGBTQ arrests in Ghana

Twenty-one people are being detained in Ghana after being arrested last week at a training workshop for LGBTQ rights. They were charged with “unlawful assembly.” The World’s Bianca Hillier reports that International human rights organizations and The World Bank are calling for their release.

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