An Associate Professor at the School of Law, University of Ghana, Professor Kwadwo Appiagyei-Tuah has stated that the right to demonstrate is deeply entrenched in the 1992 Constitution of Ghana and supported by the Public Order Act.
According to him, the participants in the Democracy Hub protests had the legal right to protest.
Speaking on Top Story on Wednesday, September 25, Prof Appiagyei-Tuah raised concerns about human rights violations in the way the protesters were handled by the Ghana Police Service.
He mentioned key issues such as the reasons for the arrests, the transfer of protesters between prisons without notifying their families or lawyers, and the fact that some were brought to court without any formal charges, saying that these are critical human rights issues that touch on the dignity of the individual.