Ghana–US Deportation MoU
Democracy Hub v Attorney-General & Minister for Foreign Affairs: an agreement to receive deportees from the United States was never put before Parliament, as Article 75(2) requires.
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Democracy Hub, on filing its Supreme Court writ over the Ghana–US deportation MoU, October 2025
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27 West Africans v Ghana
Democracy Hub LBG v Republic of Ghana: detention and onward removal of people transferred from the United States, many already protected by US courts.
View active cases →The indefinite protest ban
Ex parte the Conveners of #FixTheCountry: the Supreme Court quashed a High Court order that had banned the protest indefinitely.
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