See Full List Of Protesters Arrested On Day 1 Of #Occupyjulorbihouse Protest
Democracy Hub, the organisers of the three-day long #OccupyJulorBiHouse protest aimed at getting the government to fix the economic challenges in the country, has released a full list of persons it says were arrested by the Ghana Police Service.
The protesters were randomly as well as collectively picked up by the police on the first day of the three-day protest against the government and its handling of issues of economic hardships in the country.
Shared by broadcaster, Serwaa Amihere, on Twitter (now X), it showed that the arrested protesters were scattered in some 9 police stations in the capital.
3. Shukura Police Station Yunus Khory Kwame Opoku Kwasitsu Wilhelm Mawunyo Divine Agbenyo Frank Mensah Michael Amofa
4. Dansoman Police Station Nii Quaye Manu Nurudeen Ibrahim Adams Hamid Rasheed Ali Joseph Tibe
5. Bravo SWAT Cell Raphael Afful Williams Nana Boakye David Kekessi Mawunyega Amakye Patrick Felix Donkor Eugene Ashaty
6. Accra Central Police Station Kirchhoff Benjamin Darko Selikem Korku Timothy Wise Worlali Albert Tetteh Emmanuel Osei Bonsu Frederick Adongo
7. Adabraka Police Station Albert Tetteh Yaw Gyekete Ewoenam Akahoho Mark Aryee Richard Ajaho Albert Akwasi Owusu
8. Korle-Bu Police Station David Debrah William Jirakor Samuel Gyamfi Bonsu Johnson Kator Prince Afful
9. Ministries Police Station Darlington Desmond Okonor Fidel Agagli Mabel Biniwaa Tawiah Samira Abdullah Jerry Aidoo Delali Adorglah Bissa Rexford Ativor Albert Akwasi
Background
On Day 1 (September 21) of the #OccupyJulorbiHouse protests by the Democracy Hub, a group of young activists; police illegally rounded up 49 protesters who were marching to demand action on prevailing economic crisis and corruption.
The illegal arrests, especially how they were conducted by the police triggered harsh criticism of impeding the constitutional right to protest and deploying highhandedness on the part of police.
Police sent the detainees to the regional headquarters before splitting them up to about eight police stations dotted across the capital, even as colleague protesters and lawyers worked to secure bail for the illegally detained persons.
In this process, other journalists and protesters who massed up, especially at the Accra Regional Command encountered some amount of police violence including shoving, forced detention, seizure of phones, and in the case of other physical assault.
In their first of two statements on the day, police said the illegal arrests were justified because protesters were defying a court injunction served on them, which process they denied had been properly served.
The second statement addressed the purported arrest of a BBC journalist and his cameraman, which reportage they dismissed as untrue.
By the close of the day, almost all illegally detained protesters per GhanaWeb checks had been released from illegal detention on bail, it remains to be seen whether Day Two of the three-day protest targeting the seat of government, the Jubilee House, will come off today (September 22, 2023).