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General News of Monday, April 1, 2019
Source: citinewsroom.com
2019-04-01
Francis Buabeng, 26, (left) and Albert Ansah, 33 (r)
A trotro driver, Francis Buabeng, and his conductor, Albert Ansah, at the center of the police badault case are expected to reappear today in court. [Monday, April 1] after being released on bail Friday.
The two men were slapped with four counts of badaulting a police officer, blocking the road, conspiring to commit a crime and causing unlawful harm after being seen in a video attacking a police officer. policeman in uniform.
A group of civil society organizations, including the Center for the Defense of Human Rights, Amnesty International and the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU), whose legal representatives have mobilized themselves to to do justice, then revealed that the police had brutalized the suspects in their custody.
In a previous Citi News interview, Francis Xavier Sosu, the suspect's lawyer, said that there were visible signs of brutality inflicted on suspects while they were in the custody of the police station. Odorkor police.
"From their own story, they suffered a lot of physical abuse. They described various scenarios in which they were allegedly beaten. They raised very serious problems that could potentially be a problem during their appearance in court, "he said.
"It's very sad to watch them and find that it's about people who have really experienced some form of abuse. You can see obvious signs of post-traumatic stress disorder. You can see timidy and fear. You can feel their emotion. According to our conversation, they were safer in the custody of the BNI. It seems that the BNI has provided them with a shelter against police abuse, "he added.
At the same time, Samuel Agbotsey, Campaign Coordinator at Amnesty International, one of many civil society groups calling for justice for the suspect, said he would not fail to make efforts to that justice be duly rendered.
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