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21 LGBTQIs Arrested By Police And Remanded By Court In Ho

Friday, May 21, 2021 at 7:09 PM by Jeffrey Owusu-Mensah 1 min read

Twenty-one people suspected to be members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex (LGBTQIA) community have been remanded by a Circuit Court in Ho.

The 21 people, consisting of 16 females and five males, were remanded into police custody on Friday, May 21, 2021.

According to a statement by the Volta Regional Command of the Ghana Police Service, the suspects were remanded after being put before the court over an unlawful assembly.

21 LGBTQIs Arrested By Police And Remanded By Court In Ho. Photo source: @sweet_maame_adwoa
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The group, the statement revealed, was arrested while they were having a conference at the Nurses and Midwives Hotel n the Volta Regional capital of Ho on Thursday, May 20, 2021.

Source: YEN.com.gh

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Jeffrey Owusu-Mensah (HOD Entertainment) Jeffrey is the Head of the Entertainment Desk and a graduate of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) with over 10 years of experience in journalism. He started as a reporter with Ghana News Agency (GNA). He joined Primnewsghana.com in 2016 as an editor. He moved to YEN.com.gh in 2017 as an editor and has risen to his current position. You can contact him via e-mail: j.owusu-mensah@yen.com.gh

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