See Why Ghana Police Shut LGBT Centre in Accra

See Why Ghana Police Shut LGBT Centre in Accra

iexclusive News Nigeria report that Ghana Police have shut down LGBT resource center in Accra, following a public outcry.

“We no longer have access to our safe space and our safety is being threatened. We call on all human rights organizations, and allies to speak out against these attacks and hate crimes we are being subjected to,” the LGBT+ Rights Ghana group said on Twitter.

Rights groups, including National Coalition for Proper Human Sexual Rights and Family Values and the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC), have been calling on the government to close the center.

The center was opened with a fundraiser attended by a number of EU and foreign diplomats.

Photos of the opening were widely circulated, eliciting mixed reactions.

Ghana is one of 32 countries in Africa that still criminalize same-sex relations, according to the latest report by the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA).