Leading rights group Amnesty International has condemned Ghana's authorities for carrying out medical tests on the private parts of two male students accused of having sex with each other.
The tests amounted to “torture and degradation of their human dignity" in violation of Ghana's constitution, Amnesty's Ghana spokesman Robert Amoafo told BBC Pidgin.
Homosexual acts are illegal in Ghana, with religious groups and politicians such as the speaker of parliament opposed to legalising it.
The two, aged 18 and 23, were allegedly caught having sex when other students barged into their room at a private hostel at a university in Takoradi, the main city in Ghana's Western Region.
Police spokesperson Olivia Adiku confirmed to BBC Pidgin that medical tests had been carried out on the genitals of the two, as part of investigations into the incident.
Source: BBC
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What else do you expect when you throw away your culture and customs and embrace another man's way of life. Are you not ***barred word*** and without an identity? Worse things are coming so psyche yourselves.
It is sad and heart breaking for such abominable practices be given public attention. In our culture as Ghanaians , it is immoral, abomination, a taboo. Our values and traditions identify us from others. Why do we allow these human rights, and other international bodies sees or hear no evil in this abnomadic behaviors detects our destiny. We lived in a world where we hailed wrongs doing as a results of human rights. No wonder we lived in the last days of this systems of things. Very pathetic.
The whites practise gay and we practise polygamy, yet they condemn us and try to impose theirs on us. They know we are 'shitholes.' They are afraid to condemn the Arabs because they are rich. In Ghana, we can wean ourselves from the whites if we prevent NDC Party to rules over us again. They are sending us backwards with corruption, ***barred word***, nepotism, etc. They prey on the weakest minds with propaganda, lies, and deceit.
Can our minds be free if our children begin to ask us why parents in Ghana are silent on this issue. All those who support gay, i prophesy to you u will die in your sins and your household will eat of your confession. As you have desire may all your generation reap what you mouth has sown. But as for as who fear God, may the Lord keep our children and generation godly and true to humanity. God bless everyone who speaks for God but for those with dead conscience REPENT OR YOU AND YOUR HOUSE WILL PERISH AND GOD'S WRATH WILL VISIT YOU. REMEMBER SODOM AND GOMORAH. STAY BLESSED
There are camps in the northern region where innocent poor old ladies are held in bondage. the so called Amnesty International must go there. We will not allow men to sleep with men, and women to sleep with women. This is our culture, our custom, our tradition, our pride and our dignity. Amnesty can go to Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Iran, and Isreal and promote ***barred word*** ***barred word*** there. We are Ghanaians and we will remain Ghanaians. I hope peacefmonline.com will not censure any word used here. Allow my readers to read and understand issues.
oh boy. ***barred word*** article! These two RESides in Canada. The black guy went to Achimota school. This is bola & full of lies to Wrap your mind around this. Truth should guide JOURNALISM.
Let Amneswhat know that Ghana has moral and values! WE WILL NOT TAKE ANYTHING THAT ANYBODY SAY. We as people from Ghana know what is good for us not what others think is good for us!