Respect Gays and lesbians – CHRAJ Director
The Western Regional Director of the Commission for Human Rights and
Administrative Justice, (CHRAJ), Naana Amuah Sekyi is calling on
Ghanaians to be mindful of the rights of gays and lesbians.
According to her, the Commission is always open to protecting gays and lesbians when their rights are violated.
Speaking in an exclusive interview with Empire News, Amuah Sekyi
said the traditions of Ghanaians and the religious beliefs does not
provide for the accommodation of the rights of gays and lesbians in the
country.
“As Ghanaians are traditions are against it and as Ghanaians no
matter how educated you are…our tradition still run deeply within us so I
think it is going to take a long time. But we at CHRAJ, we really don’t
care whether you are black or white or blue because we are talking
about discrimination…what we care about is that you are a human being
created in God’s image and your right should be protected.”
Amuah Sekyi added that gays and lesbians can file any complaint of
abuse of their rights without reporting physically at the offices of the
Commission adding that there is a community of gays and lesbians in
Sekondi /Takoradi as well as in the Western Region.
She, however, added that there was no such complaint in 2017.
CHRAJ has 10 offices in the Western region and look into property
right related cases, children rights, economic cultural and social
rights, corruption cases amongst others which can be filed and
investigated at no cost to the complainant.
Source: Starrfmonline
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