Following the detention of some protestors during the unrest on June 28, Lawyers With Search Of Democracy (LINSOD) has voiced their extreme disgust in the police's actions.
The police are holding these demonstrators in different police stations, and according to LINSOD, they have allegedly refused to allow their attorneys access because they claim they are acting on "orders from above."
According to a statement from LINSOD, "this morning, numerous attorneys attempted to see the people being held by the Police but were denied entry just because there is a 'order from above,' which is obviously against articles 14 and 15 of the 1992 Constitution.
They have called the police's actions "unconstitutional" and have denounced them in their totality.
In order to ensure the "constitutional rights of all those being held in detention by the Ghana Police and treat them with respect," LINSOD has called on the IGP to issue an urgent order to the police directing them to let attorneys access to the demonstrators.
Furthermore, they denounced the use of "impunity and total contempt for their rights" by police in dispersing the gathering that had formed near the Kwame Nkrumah Circle.
"We are further outraged and dismayed that people might be detained without being made aware of their offences or their right to counsel. What is being demonstrated here is the only method to violate someone's human rights, according to the statement.
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The group also stated their concern that the police would hold the inmates longer than the 48-hour period required by the constitution because the courts wouldn't be in session on Martyrs' Day, June 30, as is customary.
"We really hope that this will not be the case," the organisation said, "and that the Police would issue Police inquiry bail to the arrested folks, should the necessity arise, or release them altogether."