About 32 Democracy Hub protesters have dragged the Inspector General of Police (IGP), the Attorney General, and the Minister of Justice to court over allged human rights breaches.
The demonstrators, represented by Madina MP Francis-Xavier Sosu, are requesting an injunction from the High Court to enforce their fundamental rights, which include freedom of movement, the right to protest, the right to personal liberty, respect for human dignity, and freedom of expression.
The complaint also seeks protection from unlawful and arbitrary arrest, incarceration, malicious prosecution, the right to legal representation, and the right to bail pending trial.
The charges against the protestors includ conspiracy to commit a crime, unlawful assembly, causing unlawful damage, offensive conduct conducive to a breach of peace, assault on a public officer, and defacement of public property.
They are to reappear in court on October 8, 2024.
Some of the protestors were remanded into police custody and pleaded not guilty
The lawyer for the 11 asked the court for an adjournment to study the charges as the charge sheet was presented to them when they were in court.
The group embarked on a three-day protest against illegal mining, popularly known as Galamsey. However, some members of the group clashed with police while the convenor Oliver Barker Vormawor allegedly fled with the police car key.