{"id":92983,"date":"2015-02-20T08:49:47","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T08:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=92983"},"modified":"2015-02-20T08:49:47","modified_gmt":"2015-02-20T08:49:47","slug":"group-bemoans-surge-in-mob-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=92983","title":{"rendered":"Group bemoans surge in mob justice"},"content":{"rendered":"

A civil society group, Human Rights Advocacy Centre (HRAC) has charged the Police Service and the Judiciary to urgently address what they say is the rising spate of mob justice in the county<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”KFM0M21yTZaxl5oIRcCfGtjJjqc5Kw55″]Citing a recent mob incident at St. Paul\u2019s high School<\/strong><\/a><\/span> in the Volta region, which led to the death of one student the group bemoaned what they term, barbaric acts\u00a0that dent the credentials of the country.<\/p>\n

Earlier in February,\u00a0a young man suspected to be a homosexual<\/strong><\/span><\/a> was beaten to pulp in Nima in Accra.<\/p>\n

The Executive Director of the human rights group Robert Akoto Amoafo insisted the security services should be firm in dealing with such situations as a measure of preventing the act from becoming a canker.<\/p>\n

He made these remarks at a joint press conference with Amnesty International, the commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) and the commonwealth human rights initiative.<\/p>\n

He said \u201cmany Ghanaians have based their argument from mob justice on mistrust and slow nature of our police and justice systems. True as it may be we do not accept that as the answer to this is mob justice.\u201d<\/p>\n

He further called on the Police service to be proactive in addressing reported offences, adding that they \u201clook forward to the rapid production of a fair investigation report by the Ghana Police service on the St Paul\u2019s secondary school mob incident.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe court should also ensure expeditious trial of cases so as to whip up public confidence in the judiciary system. There is also the need for active corporation among the key institutions of justice. \u00a0\u00a0We also need to have a critical look at the criminal procedure code with the view to ensure speedy trial.\u201d<\/p>\n

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By: Godwin Allotey Akweiteh\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n

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