Ghana Supreme Court Suit Challenges Criminal Libel and False News Laws

Supreme Court suit challenges Ghana’s criminal libel and false news laws

A Ghanaian citizen has invoked the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, seeking to strike down two long-standing provisions of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29) and key sections of the Electronic Communications Act, 2008 (Act 775), arguing they unconstitutionally restrict freedom of speech, expression, and the press. The plaintiff, Austin Kwabena Brako-Powers, through his lawyer Michael Akosah of Adu-Gyamfi & Associates, filed the suit at the Supreme Registry in Accra this May,...

By Caleb Ahinakwah