CIVICUS discusses recent protests in Ghana with Jeremiah Sam, executive director of Pen Plus Bytes, a Ghanaian civil society organisation (CSO) working to promote effective governance through technology on a range of issues including climate change and environmental protection.
In early October, Ghanaian environmental activists held a three-day protest against the impacts of illegal mining on water and forests, and to demand the release of 53 activists who were arrested during a similar protest in September. They remain in detention and have been denied access to lawyers and medical care.
