Ghana Court Rules Transfer Of Ex-Guantanamo Detainees Unconstitutional
Sumaira FH Published June 23, 2017 | 08:25 AM
ACCRA, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 23rd Jun, 2017 ) - Ghana's Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the transfer of two former Guantanamo Bay detainees to the country was unconstitutional without parliamentary approval.
Ghana had signed an agreement with the US government in January 2016 allowing the two ex-Guantanamo prisoners to live in the country.
Later that year, two Ghanaians went to court over the transfer of the men saying that then-President John Mahama had acted unconstitutionally by accepting them.
"It is hereby ordered that unless within three months the government submit the agreement to parliament... the two detainees shall be returned to the US," said Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo in the judgement.
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