Ghana: LGBT+ safe house opens; anti-gay crusader in a rage

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02/16/2021

After LGBT+ Rights Ghana held a fundraiser at the new site, anti-gay campaigner Moses Foh-Amoaning called for the police to shut it down, arrest the group’s leaders and enact laws that further restrict the human rights of LGBTQ+ people in Ghana. The country’s penal code already provides for up to three years in prison for “unnatural carnal knowledge”.

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