Democracy Hub, organisers of FixtheCountry protests, have sued the government over the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Government of Ghana and the United States of America to receive deported West African nationals.
In their suit filed at the Supreme Court, the group said the deal violates the 1992 Constitution and key international agreements such as the 1951 Refugee Convention, the Convention Against Torture, and the OAU Refugee Convention, which bar countries from returning individuals to places where they face persecution or torture, a principle known as non-refoulement.
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According to the group, since the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa annouced some details of the deal, 42 individuals have been repatriated in three separate batches — on September 6, September 19, and October 13, 2025 — and detained under armed military custody at the Bundase Military Training Camp.
Democracy Hub also alleges that the deportees were held in “deplorable conditions for weeks without charge, without access to lawyers, and under inhumane conditions.”
They want the court to declare an order restraining the government from implemnting the agreement further. The Supreme Court is set to hear the matter on Wednesday, October 22, 2025.