Politics of Sunday, 24 March 2019Source: citinewsroom.comGovernment attitude towards Mahran Baajour’s abduction repugnant – MinoritySamuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Ranking Member, Committee on Foreign Affairs released the press statementThe Minority in Parliament has criticized the Akuffo-Addo government’s silence on the abduction and disappearance of Mahran Mustapha Baajour. Mahran Mustapha Baajour, 39, is a Lebanese businessman of Palestinian origin who arrived in Ghana from Lebanon on a business visit on December 13, 2018, and has since not been seen in public. According to the Minority, what happened can be described as a human rights violation which is already stirring considerable agitation in diplomatic circles. Mahran Mustapha BaajourMahran Mustapha Baajour’s three-month-old abduction has already evoked major protests in Beirut, Lebanon where petitions have been presented to that nation’s President and the Speaker of their Parliament. The Minority stated that government must act with urgency as the unresolved assassination of the investigative journalist, Ahmed Hussein-Suale, the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election violence among others has the international community questioning Ghana’s credibility in promoting human rights.

Source: GhanaWeb March 24, 2019 18:56 UTC