Ghana: Information regarding the treatment of students while in detention or in jail in 1985
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 June 1990 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | GHA5140 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Ghana: Information regarding the treatment of students while in detention or in jail in 1985, 1 June 1990, GHA5140, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6acaa2c.html [accessed 28 May 2023] |
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It was reported that there were ongoing instances of incarceration without formal charges and lack of procedural safeguards in Public Tribunals. [
FootnoteS:
U.S. Department of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1985, Washington: U.S. Government Printers, 1985, pp. 128-129. Attached.] The report further states that security forces took persons into custody under the cloak of darkness, with or without a warrant, and held them incommunicado for months. [ Ibid.] During this period, beatings of detainees reportedly occurred with the resulting death of one of the detainees. [Ibid.]
For further information, please consult the attachments and previous Responses to Information Requests, including No. 5139, which have already been sent to your office.
