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Lawyer and activist Ama Governor, together with eight other participants in a recent anti-galamsey protest, were granted bail by an Accra High Court ruled over by Justice Comfort Tasiame. The bail amount was GH¢70,000, with two sureties for each of the defendants.
Emmanuel Gyan, Emmanuel Kwabena Addo, Ziblim Yakubu, Oheneba Prempeh, Philip Owusu Kwabena, Akisibik Desmond, Von Coffie, and Sadik Yakubu are the surviving persons.
Once a week, they have to report to the police.
This decision was made after a hearing when the demonstrators’ acts against illicit mining in Ghana were evaluated in terms of their legal and social ramifications.
The people in question were taken into custody amid protests meant to draw attention to the damaging impacts that illicit mining, often known as galamsey, has on the ecosystem.
Concerns about how uncontrolled mining activities are destroying forests, farmlands, and waterways have become more prevalent among activists.
The defence team emphasized throughout the trial that the protests were nonviolent and centered on promoting environmental conservation as opposed to instigating violence.
In the fight for social justice, they emphasized the value of free speech and the ability to congregate in peace.
The court emphasized the necessity of upholding law and order during public demonstrations while yet acknowledging the importance of the demonstrators’ cause.
The Attorney General’s office and the Minister of Justice took up the case against the Democracy Hub Protesters when it was revealed that some people had been detained by police for longer than the authorized 48 hours before being brought before a judge.
Given that the demonstrators were protesting the urgent problem of illicit mining, which poses a major danger to water bodies and forest reserves, legal experts criticized the state’s incarceration of the protestors as being unduly harsh.
Source: Ghanatodayonline.com
