Executive Director of the Centre for Public Opinion and Awareness (CenPOA), Michael Donyinah Mensah, has described the decision by a court to remand 39 persons who participated in the Democracy Hub demonstration as excessive.

Thirty-nine people who were part of the reoccupy Julorbi House demonstration were arrested and arraigned before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly engaging in unlawful activities.

The individuals are facing charges including conspiracy to commit crime, unlawful assembly, causing unlawful damage, offensive conduct, breach of public peace, and assault on public officers.

Reacting to the issue, Mr.