The ECOWAS Court of Justice has ruled against the Government of Ghana in a landmark case involving the prolonged detention of 30 members of the Homeland Study Group Foundation (HSGF), awarding a total of $75,000 in damages for violations of their fundamental human rights, according to the Whistler news report.

According to the report, in a decision delivered on Friday, May 16, 2025, in Abuja, the Court found that the applicants were held without trial or due legal process for extended periods, some for over a year, following their arrest on May 8, 2019, under Ghana's 1976 Prohibited Organisations Decree.

Each applicant is to receive $2,500 in the cedi equivalent as compensation for the breach of their rights.

The ruling was delivered in case number ECW/CCJ/APP/12/24 by a three-member panel comprising Justices Ricardo Gonçalves, Sengu M Koroma, and Dupe Atoki.