{"id":343635,"date":"2026-05-31T16:55:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T11:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=343635"},"modified":"2026-05-31T16:55:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T11:25:36","slug":"gay-people-in-ghana-will-probably-be-jailed-under-latest-anti-lgbt-law-news-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/31\/gay-people-in-ghana-will-probably-be-jailed-under-latest-anti-lgbt-law-news-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Gay people in Ghana will probably be jailed under latest anti-LGBT law | News World"},"content":{"rendered":"

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President John Dramani Mahama is spearheading the bill (Picture: AFP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ghana has passed a restrictive, anti-LGBTQ bill that may jail any gay people for as much as ten years for promoting \u2018LGBTQ activities\u2019.<\/p>\n

The West African nation has also renewed a three-year sentence for anyone found guilty of \u2018same-sex relationships\u2019.<\/p>\n

The terrifying bill targets anyone who identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer. <\/p>\n

The bill will probably be signed into law by President John Dramani Mahama after a campaign from church groups and activists across the country.<\/p>\n

Campaigners for the bill say it protects \u2018family values and cultural norms\u2019.<\/p>\n

Though it does include exemptions for journalists, lawyers and medical professionals, there are wider risks.<\/p>\n

Journalist Caleb Ahinakwah told the Telegraph: \u2018These exemptions do little to handle the broader concern that the bill could embolden members of the general public to focus on, harass or attack people perceived to be queer.\u2019<\/p>\n

Human Rights Watch slammed the bill, saying it put gay people\u2019s lives in danger while \u2018encouraging residents to surveil and denounce each other\u2019.<\/p>\n

Ghana isn\u2019t the one nation to criminalise homosexuality.<\/p>\n

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A bill was passed in Uganda that may put people in jail for as much as 10 years for merely identifying as LGBTQ in 2023.<\/p>\n

The bill gives authorities broad powers to focus on gay Ugandans who already face legal discrimination and mob violence.<\/p>\n

The 2023 Anti-Homosexuality Bill confirms an already existing punishment of life in prison for same-sex conduct, while also increasing to 10 years the sentence for an attempt at same-sex conduct.<\/p>\n

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Anyone found guilty of a \u2018same-sex relationship\u2019 could be jailed for 3 years (Picture: Reuters)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Violations draw severe penalties, including death for \u2018aggravated homosexuality\u2019 and life in prison for gay sex.<\/p>\n

\u2018Aggravated homosexuality\u2019 involves gay sex with people under the age of 18 or when the perpetrator is HIV positive, amongst other categories, in line with the law.<\/p>\n

It also creates latest offences that can further curtail any activism on LGBTQ+ rights, which supporters say threaten traditional values within the conservative and spiritual nation.<\/p>\n

Anyone advocating for the rights of LGBTQ+ people, or financially supporting organisations that accomplish that, could resist 20 years\u2019 imprisonment.<\/p>\n

The bill also criminalises any one who fails to report someone they think of participating in same-sex acts to the police, calling for a positive or imprisonment for six months.<\/p>\n

Effectively, this targets families or friends of LGBTQ+ people failing to report their family members.<\/p>\n

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President John Dramani Mahama is spearheading the bill (Picture: AFP) Ghana has passed a restrictive, anti-LGBTQ bill that may jail any gay people for as much as ten years for promoting \u2018LGBTQ activities\u2019. The West African nation has also renewed a three-year sentence for anyone found guilty of \u2018same-sex relationships\u2019. The terrifying bill targets anyone […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":343636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20691],"tags":[32017,6967,38868,22216,1814,395,2038,813],"class_list":["post-343635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-antilgbt","tag-gay","tag-ghana","tag-jailed","tag-law","tag-news","tag-people","tag-world"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343635"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":343638,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343635\/revisions\/343638"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/343636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}