Young Peoples and Human Rights Ghana

Dear Editor, My disappointment with the Police Intelligence and Professional Standards (PIPS) I bought a piece of land at Bortianor in the Ga south district Assembly for my personal residential purpose. After completing the full payment of 8,000 GHC in October last year, I commenced work.on the land being sure I had the documents to the property. A few days after commencing work, a woman approached me and introduced herself as Martha A. Annorbah, the owner of the next land to mine. She sounded very friendly and did not look troublesome. We exchanged greetings and she left a short while later. Both of us kept working on our various pieces of land until one afternoon when some police officers, driving in a Ga South District Assembly vehicle, drove to the site with guns to stop the workers on my property. The policemen warned us to stop work immediately, refusing to talk to anyone on the site, including myself. They threatened to come and destroy every work we have done. In order to obey...

  Remarks in Recognition of International Human Rights Day   Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Palais des Nations Geneva, Switzerland December 6, 2011       Good evening, and let me express my deep honor and pleasure at being here. I want to thank Director General Tokayev and Ms. Wyden along with other ministers, ambassadors, excellencies, and UN partners. This weekend, we will celebrate Human Rights Day, the anniversary of one of the great accomplishments of the last century.   Beginning in 1947, delegates from six continents devoted themselves to drafting a declaration that would enshrine the fundamental rights and freedoms of people everywhere. In the aftermath of World War II, many nations pressed for a statement of this kind to help ensure that we would prevent future atrocities and protect the inherent humanity and dignity of all people. And so the delegates went to work. They discussed, they wrote, they revisited, revised, rewr...

  Remarks in Recognition of International Human Rights Day   Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Palais des Nations Geneva, Switzerland December 6, 2011       Good evening, and let me express my deep honor and pleasure at being here. I want to thank Director General Tokayev and Ms. Wyden along with other ministers, ambassadors, excellencies, and UN partners. This weekend, we will celebrate Human Rights Day, the anniversary of one of the great accomplishments of the last century.   Beginning in 1947, delegates from six continents devoted themselves to drafting a declaration that would enshrine the fundamental rights and freedoms of people everywhere. In the aftermath of World War II, many nations pressed for a statement of this kind to help ensure that we would prevent future atrocities and protect the inherent humanity and dignity of all people. And so the delegates went to work. They discussed, they wrote, they revisited, revised, rewr...

MSMGF Applauds New U.S. Foreign Policy to Promote and Protect LGBT Human Rights Worldwide   Implementation of new strategy is critical for achieving an HIV-Free Generation among men who have sex with men   December 7, 2011 - The Global Forum on MSM & HIV (MSMGF) applauds a series of announcements made by the United States government yesterday codifying the protection and promotion of the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people worldwide as official U.S. foreign policy.   Speaking at the United Nations in Geneva, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton outlined the U.S. vision for achieving LGBT equality around the world, launching a $3 million Global Equality Fund to support LGBT advocacy by civil society, describing a new State Department Task Force on LGBT rights, and announcing forthcoming toolkits on LGBT rights for all U.S. embassies abroad.  In Washington D.C., U.S. President Barack Obama issued a memorandum directing all U.S. agencies engaged ab...

MSM and the Global Fund: Where Do We Go From Here?   (December 1, 2011)   - Last week, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria announced that it will cancel its eleventh round of funding  due to the failure of donor governments to live up to their commitments.  The Global Fund has been central to the global AIDS response since its inception, and the collapse of sustained commitment would deal a catastrophic blow to those affected by HIV around the world.  For communities of men who have sex with men (MSM), the loss of a fully-functional Global Fund would be especially devastating.   HIV has taken a brutal toll on MSM from the time the epidemic was first identified among gay men living in the United States.  After 30 years and the loss of countless lives worldwide, the virus continues to ravage our communities, with infection rates surpassing 20% among MSM in urban centers from Bangkok to Mexico City.  Despite the clear need for int...