General News of Thursday, 12 April 2018Source: www.ghanaweb.comGhana must abolish death penalty by 2019 - Amnesty Internationalplay videoExecutives of the Amnesty International launching the 2017 Global Death Penalty Report in AccraHuman rights organisation, Amnesty International (AI) has reiterated its strong opposition to the death penalty sentence in Ghana's legal system, thus calling on government to totally abolish it by 2019. Speaking at the launch of the 2017 Global Death Penalty Report in Accra, Country Director of Amnesty International, Robert Amoafo Akoto revealed that seven people were sentenced to death in only 2017 but Ghana’s prisons are currently holding a total of 160 persons on death row, including six foreigners. Launching the Amnesty International's Death Sentence and Executions 2017 Report in Accra Thursday, International Board Member of Amnesty International, Dr. Vincent Adzahlie-Mensah said the death penalty is a wicked and torturous punishment that must not be practiced by Ghana. According to him, Ghana is still practicing death penalty as a result of “ignorance and misinformation” and “lack of political will”. What evil are Ghanaians than the people in Guinea that we deserve the death penalty,” Dr. Adzahlie-Mensah stated.

Source: GhanaWeb April 12, 2018 17:03 UTC