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Ghana’s High Court reportedly rejects suit against president to hasten decision on anti-LGBT bill

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The court ruled that it would be inappropriate to force Nana Akufo-Addo to act on a bill that has been the subject of two High Court cases, local media said.

The Promotion of Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, also known as the anti-LGBT* bill, was passed by Ghanaian parliamentarians in February, but the president has since neither signed nor vetoed the bill.

In March, President Akufo-Addo said he would wait to consider the bill, explaining that it would be challenged in the High Court because a citizen had challenged its constitutionality.

* The “LGBT movement” is classified as extremist by the Russian authorities and is banned in Russia.

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