Ghana’s Supreme Court justices have unanimously dismissed two lawsuits that challenged the controversial anti-LGBT bill, which the country’s parliament passed earlier this year. The legislation drew sharp criticism from the UN and warnings from Ghana’s finance ministry about potential $3.8 billion losses in World Bank funding. Described as one of Africa’s harshest anti-LGBT bills, the legislation specifies up to three years of imprisonment for people who identify as LGBT and up to five years for those who form or fund LGBT groups. After Ghana’s parliament voted to pass the bill, two rights activists mounted separate legal challenges to prevent President Nana Akufo-Addo from signing it into law. Consequently, Akufo-Addo delayed signing it pending the court’s decision. However, the justices ruled the bill could not be reviewed if the president didn’t sign it into law.
SOURCE: BBC
