{"id":445670,"date":"2017-12-11T03:00:35","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T03:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/11\/human-rights-issues-not-absolute-in-ghana-lawyer-asserts\/"},"modified":"2017-12-11T03:00:35","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T03:00:35","slug":"human-rights-issues-not-absolute-in-ghana-lawyer-asserts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/11\/human-rights-issues-not-absolute-in-ghana-lawyer-asserts\/","title":{"rendered":"Human rights issues not absolute in Ghana \u2013 Lawyer asserts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Monday, 11 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>3news.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-11<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/44955858.295.jpg\" alt=\"Francis Xavier Sosu33\" title=\"Francis Xavier Sosu33\" width=\"295\" height=\"177\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Francis-Xavier Sosu, Human rights lawyer<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Fundamental human rights in Ghana and Africa, especially those bothering on homosexuality are not absolute, human rights lawyer Francis-Xavier Sosu has said. <\/p>\n<p>Speaking on human rights issues on 3FM in Accra Friday, Mr Sosu argued human rights issues are limited to public interest and the rights of other people. <\/p>\n<p>According to him, the laws of Ghana are formed on cultural values, hence until there is a change in Ghanaian values, those laws cannot be changed. <\/p>\n<p>Commenting on President Nana Akufo-Addo\u2019s recent comment that suggested homosexuality is \u201cbound to happen\u201d in Ghana, the lawyer said the president\u2019s comment does not reflect the aspirations and interest of Ghanaians \u201cHomosexuality will not happen, and that is why the president did not receive any applause from Ghanaians on his comment, because it cannot be bound to happen as he suggested,\u201d Mr. Sosu said. <\/p>\n<p>Mr. Sosu who is also the President of Youth for Human Right Africa, laws that promote homosexuality undermine the fundamental values of Ghana as a country. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur values are part of our laws, so what is meant by sexual orientation in America you may not find in Africa because it is not supported by African values,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p>He contended that most human right lawyers in Africa do not consider homosexuality as one of the most fundamental issues confronting Africa now. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cChildren are being enslaved with women and children taken through inhumane practices in Africa. There are a lot of people who do not have access to portable water and health care which are all human right issues,\u201d he observed. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Youth for Human Right Africa, an advocacy group led by Lawyer Francis-Xavier Sosu will on December 11, hold a human rights conference in Accra. <\/p>\n<p>Themed \u201cPromoting fundamental human rights; a catalyst for accelerated socio-economic development in a free and just society,\u201d the conference would bring together human rights ambassadors and promoters from across Africa to dialogue on pertinent human right issues. <\/p>\n<p>The conference is also aimed at equipping people to become more effective in the promotion and advocacy for fundamental rights human.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 32 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Monday, 11 December 2017 Source: 3news.com 2017-12-11 Francis-Xavier Sosu, Human rights lawyer Fundamental human rights in Ghana and Africa, especially those bothering on homosexuality are not absolute, human rights lawyer Francis-Xavier Sosu has said. Speaking on human rights issues on 3FM in Accra Friday, Mr Sosu argued human rights issues are limited [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":445002,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-445670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Human rights issues not absolute in Ghana \u2013 Lawyer asserts - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/11\/human-rights-issues-not-absolute-in-ghana-lawyer-asserts\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Human rights issues not absolute in Ghana \u2013 Lawyer asserts - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"General News of Monday, 11 December 2017 Source: 3news.com 2017-12-11 Francis-Xavier Sosu, Human rights lawyer Fundamental human rights in Ghana and Africa, especially those bothering on homosexuality are not absolute, human rights lawyer Francis-Xavier Sosu has said. 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