Amanda Odoi and Richard Sky, both lawyers, have filed separate challenges to the bill.
Gay couple, Suleman, 30, an entrepreneur, and Kwame, 30, a student, are photographed as they speak with Reuters about the passage of Ghana's anti-LGBT bill, in Accra, Ghana March 17, 2024.Ghana’s Supreme Court postponed Wednesday’s first hearing on challenges to the bill brought by two lawyers.However, President Nana Akufo-Addo has delayed signing the bill into law with his office citing pending challenges at the Supreme Court.
They’re seeking to declare it illegal and prevent the president from signing it. Rights groups have warned that the new law could lead to further violence against LGBT people who already suffer different forms of discrimination.On Wednesday, the plaintiffs and lawyers for the speaker of the parliament were told to remove “inappropriate, intemperate language” from their motions in order to be courteous.
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