{"id":458221,"date":"2018-01-25T07:14:07","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T07:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/01\/25\/occupy-ghana-wants-akufo-addo-to-repatriate-gitmo-2\/"},"modified":"2018-01-25T07:14:07","modified_gmt":"2018-01-25T07:14:07","slug":"occupy-ghana-wants-akufo-addo-to-repatriate-gitmo-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/01\/25\/occupy-ghana-wants-akufo-addo-to-repatriate-gitmo-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Occupy Ghana wants Akufo-Addo to repatriate GITMO 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Thursday, 25 January 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-01-25<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/43423391.295.jpg\" alt=\"Akufo Addo   Meets The Press2\" title=\"Akufo Addo   Meets The Press2\" width=\"295\" height=\"171\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1516864447_532_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Pressure group, OccupyGhana, is asking President Nana Akufo-Addo to repatriate the two Guantanamo Bay detainees because the New Patriotic Party (NPP) kicked against their stay in Ghana when it was in opposition.<\/p>\n<p>According to a member of the Occupy Ghana, Nana Sarpong Agyemang Badu, although the previous administration granted the two former terror suspects refugee status, the current government must show them the exit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSend them back to the US as the NPP in opposition kicked against the Mahama-led administration in opposition on their stay in Ghana,\u201d Nana Sarpong told the host of Adom FM\u2019s Burning Issues programme hosted by Afia Pokua on the controversies surrounding the fate of the two detainees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe NPP spoke against it strongly in opposition and now that they\u2019re in power, they should send them back to where they came from\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n<p>Foreign minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey told Parliament on January 24, 2018, the two have been given refugee status and are therefore the responsibility of the Ghana government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo exit arrangements were originally discussed between the two governments to end the bilateral arrangement at the time of negotiations,\u201d she told the legislators.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister said the government had granted the two Yemeni nationals, Mahmud Umar Muhammad Bin Atef and Khalid Muhammed Salih Al-Dhuby, refugee status before the end of their mandatory two-year stay in the country.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Aw5dELAIuZE\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Burning Issues, Nana Sarpong told Afia Pokua that Ghanaians should continue to push for the refugee status of the Gitmo 2 to be revoked.<\/p>\n<p>He admits that it may be difficult to repatriate the two due to international conventions on refugees, but says Ghanaians should continue to mount pressure on the government.<\/p>\n<p>He said the agreement between the previous government and the US must not place a limitation on the citizenry feel is best for their security.<\/p>\n<p>Contributing to the discussions, the Minority\u2019s spokesperson of Foreign Affairs in Parliament, Samuel Okudjeto-Ablakwa dared the government to revoke the refugee status of the two detainees if it thinks NDC government erred in granting them the status as stipulated in the refugees\u2019 law.<\/p>\n<p>The North Tongu MP also cautioned government not to politicize their stay in Ghana again as the NPP used it as a political tool ahead of the 2016 general elections.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wtRkIP1Oqm0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; 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