Ghana: Information regarding a 22 January 1982 student demonstration at Empire Secondary School in Accra and other demonstrations and arrests the same year
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 May 1990 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | GHA5337 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Ghana: Information regarding a 22 January 1982 student demonstration at Empire Secondary School in Accra and other demonstrations and arrests the same year, 1 May 1990, GHA5337, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac245c.html [accessed 29 May 2023] |
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Information regarding a 22 January 1982 student demonstration at Empire Secondary School in Accra is currently unavailable to the IRBDC.
According to the BBC there were pro and anti government demonstrations in Ghana in December 1982. [
FootnoteS:
"Rival Demonstrations at the University of Ghana", BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, 16 December 1982. Attached.] Several articles report that there were many mass demonstrations in support of the revolution of Jerry Rawlings. [ "Rawlings on the Permanence of Ghana's Revolution", BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, 30 January 1982., "Ghana: In Brief; Regional Support for the PNDC", BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, 13 January 1982, 11 January 1982., "Brig. Quainoo's Address to Supporters of New Regime in Ghana", BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, 7 January 1982. ] On 10 February 1982 the PNDC's concern with the increase in student unrest was reported. [ " Ghana: In Brief; PNDC Concern at Unrest in Schools", BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, 12 February 1982. Attached.] There was a massive workers' demonstration staged in Accra on 30 July 1982 in protest against the demands of the Association of Recognized Professional Bodies for the PNDC to hand over power. [ "Demonstration Against Call for PNDC Handover of Power", BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, 3 August 1982. Attached.]
Attached please find excerpts from the following documents:
-Jerry Rawling's speech to the students on 1 September 1982 and excerpts from press reviews regarding the situation of students in Ghana. [ "Statement by Ghanaian PNDC Chairman and Other Leaders", BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, 4 September 1982., "Comment on Political Agitation Among Students in Ghana", BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, 16 December 1982. Attached.]
-"Ghana University Workers' Demand for Students' Dismissal", BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, 17 December 1982.
-"Criticism of Students in Ghana: Early Closure of the University", BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, 17 December 1982.
-"Ghanaian Rulers Shake up Courts", BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, 7 January 1982.
-Donald I. Ray, Ghana: Politics Economics and Society, Boulder: Lynne Reinner Publishers, Inc., pp.91-95.
