GAMBAGA WITCHES' CAMP, ANY HELP IN SIGHT?
GAMBAGA WITCHES' CAMP, ANY HELP IN SIGHT? FEATURE BY PETER ATOGEWE WEDAM JANUARY 20, 2009 [JOURNALIST - ISD, GAMBAGA] In this day and age where there are so many human rights organizations including the statutory Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice, CHRAJ that fight to intensify and uphold respect for human dignity and fundamental human rights, it saddens me that rights abuse still permeate certain corners of our beloved country Ghana. Where I worry much and habour grave concerns for victims of human rights abuse is the scenario where persons are coerced into confinement as a result of outmoded and barbaric traditional norms and beliefs. This thus leads me to bring to the notice of or perhaps remind human rights organizations and indeed other civil society organizations about the plight and appalling conditions of life of inmates of the Gambaga witches camp in the East Mamprusi district of the Northern region. Besides the Gambaga witch...