Occupy Ghana petitions AG over blacklisted names by Births and Deaths

Published: 26/Jan/2018
Source: Citifmonline

Pressure Group, Occupy Ghana, has written to the Attorney General, Gloria Akuffo, to complain about the blacklisting of certain names such as Nana, Nii, Junior, among others from being registered by the Births & Deaths Registry. Occupy Ghana in the letter argued that, the Registry’s action has no basis in law, and charged the Attorney General to take steps to address the issue since it is a gross violation of the rights of Ghanaians.

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Themes: Discrimination, Identity Documents, Birth Registration
Regions: West Africa, Ghana
Year: 2018