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Acting President Orders 24-hour Police Surveillance At Constitutional Court

South Korea on Wednesday, stationed police officers at courts, including the Constitutional Court, on a 24-hour basis to ensure security amid heightened tensions following the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol. The announcement came after supporters of the impeached president stormed the Seoul Western District Court on Sunday, smashing windows and entering the premises in…

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Ghana’s Parliament Passes Bill to Abolish Death Penalty, Introducing Life Imprisonment

  Ghana’s Parliament has taken a historic step by passing the Criminal Offences (Amendment) Bill 2022 into law, effectively abolishing the death penalty from the country’s statutes. Under the new law, individuals found guilty of murder will be sentenced to life imprisonment, pending the president’s assent. The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, deferred…

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