21 LGBTQIs Arrested By Police And Remanded By Court In Ho

21 LGBTQIs Arrested By Police And Remanded By Court In Ho

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
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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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