A fresh group of arrested Democracy Hub protestors were taken to court in Accra today.
The busload of 11 youth arrived under heavy security ahead of their scheduled hearing.
Conspicuously absent from the group was #FixTheCountry convenor, who, according to police, is receiving medical attention at the hospital along with another detainee.
Protesters arrested during the #ReOccupyJulorbiHouse and #StopGalamseyNow demonstrations have arrived at the circuit court, surrounded by armed police officers. Oliver Barker Vormawor was not among the first group presented today.#JoyNewsFocus pic.twitter.com/4kE7N20bxL
— JoyNews (@JoyNewsOnTV) September 25, 2024
This marks Day 2 of arraignments for protesters arrested during the #OccupyJulorbiHouse demonstration.
During the proceeding, the court briefly adjourned for 30 minutes. This is to give the State prosecutor the chance to formally serve the lawyers of the accused persons.
This was after the legal team told the court that Felicity Nelson who was arrested on Sunday, had not even been listed as an accused person.
After the session resumed, all 11 accused persons pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to commit crime.
On Tuesday, some 39 protestors were remanded into custody by the court in Accra over the demonstration by a pressure group, Democracy Hub.
Yesterday's group, numbering about 39, was also transported in different buses under heavy security presence.
Their arrests occurred over the three-day protest at the 37 Roundabout, where the demonstrators were voicing concerns over issues such as illegal small-scale mining (galamsey) and economic mismanagement.
On Sunday, September 22, another major scuffle broke out between the Democracy Hub protesters and the Ghana Police Service during the second day of the protest.
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