Democracy Hub

The Democracy Hub, in collaboration with the Convention People’s Party (CPP), has filed a lawsuit at the Supreme Court of Ghana seeking to remove Lieutenant-General Emmanuel Kwasi Kotoka’s name from Accra International Airport. Democracy Hub, in a statement noted that the lawsuit aims to correct a historical injustice and challenge the glorification of unconstitutional rule. “The continued veneration of Lieutenant-General Emmanuel Kwasi Kotoka… is an unacceptable contradiction,” the statement read. The group argued that Kotoka’s actions helped overthrow Ghana’s 1960 Constitution and derail the country’s democratic progress. “The naming of Kotoka International Airport… is a state-sanctioned endorsement of an illegal regime…

Thirty-nine (39) participants from the Democracy Hub protests have been remanded into custody. A bench warrant has been issued for one protester who was previously released on police inquiry bail but failed to appear in court, despite being aware of the proceedings, according to the prosecution. This brings the total number of individuals brought to court to 40. Among those brought to court, twenty-eight (28) have been remanded into police custody, while eleven (11) others are in prison custody for two weeks. The twenty-eight in police custody pleaded not guilty, while pleas for the eleven in prison are yet to…