News related to Western Togoland

Feb 03, 2023

Western Togoland : UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Declares Arbitrary the detention of George Nyakpo

With the firm belief that George Nyakpo’s case was yet another example of the criminalization of self-determination movements and the tactics employed by states to silence Self determination movements worldwide the UNPO submitted a complaint to the UN in January 2022.  Over the last few years, the Ghanaian authorities have conducted countless arbitrary arrests and detentions of members...

Feb 03, 2023

Western Togoland : UN Working Group on Arbitrary...

The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has issued its opinion on the case of Western Togoland self-determination activist George Nyakpo, finding that the Ghanaian government violated the...

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Jul 14, 2022

Western Togoland : UNPO Delivers UPR Submission...

The Universal Periodic Review submission outlined that the Ghanean government was intent on criminalizing the HSGF activists by frequently charging them with treason or felony charges, arbitrarily arresting...

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Oct 18, 2021

Charles Kormi Kudzorzi, leading figure of Western...

Mr Kudzorzi was the President of the Homeland Study Group Foundation (HSGF), the member representing Western Togoland at UNPO. He founded the HSGF in 1994 as a platform to discuss the human rights and...

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Aug 17, 2021

UNPO calls for the release of Western Togoland...

The improper targeting of political activists with arbitrary arrests and detainment, often without charge, has been a frequent tactic of Ghana in it’s efforts to repress human rights defenders and...

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Oct 22, 2020

Western Togoland: 60 Members of Homeland Study...

The Homeland Study Group Foundation is a nonviolent movement seeking greater self-determination for the people of Western Togoland. Its members and leaders are seeking political solutions for their goals...

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Oct 06, 2020

Western Togoland: Leader of HSGF Strongly Condemns...

Below is a transcription of the statement by Charles Kwame Kudzordzi "Brothers and sisters, ladies and gentleman, elders of Western Togoland, my homeland and your homeland. It has become an issue for...

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Sep 29, 2020

UNPO Calls for Dialogue and Non-Violence in Western...

On 25 September 2020 a group known as the Western Togoland Restoration Front (WTRF) unilaterally declared an independent state in the Volta region of Ghana using armed road blockades and, according to...

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Jun 30, 2020

Western Togoland: Ghanaian Opposition Condemns...

Below is an article by BBC News Pidgin Ghana opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) condemn de deployment of military operatives to Volta den Oti regions ahead of de compilation of new voters register. De...

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Mar 20, 2020

Western Togoland: Members of HSGF Systematically...

In May 2019, a number of members of the HSGF were arrested by the police and charged with conspiracy to commit “treason felony, abetment of unlawful training, unlawful assembly and offensive conduct...

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Apr 17, 2019

Western Togoland: Meeting on Right to Self-Determination...

Article published by GhanaWeb   The Homeland Study Group Foundation (HSGF) has held its first general gathering, reigniting the call for the restoration of the Western Togoland from Ghana. Attended...

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Aug 27, 2018

Western Togoland: HSGF Reaffirms Independence...

The article bellow was published by Ghana News: We, the members of the above groups [Homeland Study Group Foundation (HSGF) and Association Of Western Togoland Youths (ASWESTOY)], have read with great...

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Jul 12, 2018

Western Togoland: Obstruction of Delivering of...

The article below was published by Prime News Ghana: The Minority in Parliament has accused the government of purging the Births and Deaths registry in the Volta Region, aimed at disenfranchising Voltarians...

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Jun 18, 2018

Western Togoland: Youth Association Against Oil...

  The press release below was issued by the Association of Western Togoland Youths (ASWETOY):   THE ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN TOGOLAND YOUTHS-ASWESTOY TO THE ATTENTION OF: ∙ THE PRESIDENT...

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Jan 16, 2018

Western Togoland: Youth Association Petitions...

The following article was first published on ghananewsonline A group by name Association of Volta Youth (Ghana) in USA has petitioned the United Nations Secretary General, Mr. Antonio Guterres over...

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Nov 15, 2017

Western Togoland

  UNPO REPRESENTATION: Homeland Study Group Foundation The HSGF has been a Member of UNPO since 2017. They represent the movement for self-determination, secession and independence of Western Togoland...

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Nov 06, 2017

Western Togoland: ASWETOY Urges Ghana to Refrain...

  The article below was published by GhanaWeb: George Nyakpo, Secretary of the Association of Western Togoland Youth (ASWETOY), has said a new region cannot be created out of the Volta Region because...

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