Ghana passes bill criminalising promotion of LGBTQ rights
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 30 May 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Ghana's parliament has approved a bill that contains some of the most repressive anti-LGBTQ laws in the world. The legislation bans any promotion of LGBTQ rights and activities. It still needs to be approved by the president. Also: A US judge orders the removal of Donald Trump's name from the Kennedy Center; Laos rescuers extract the first of seven men trapped inside a flooded cave; Novak Djokovic is knocked out of the French Open; the former head monk of China's "kung fu temple" is sentenced to 24 years in jail; and the hugely popular video game Call of Duty is under fire for its Korean war storyline.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Global News Podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:11.0 | Hello, I'm Ankara Desai and in the early hours of Saturday, the 30th of May, these are our main stories. |
| 0:18.1 | Ghana's Parliament passes one of the most repressive anti-LGBQ laws in Africa. |
| 0:24.1 | A US judge blocks the rebranding of the famed Kennedy Center |
| 0:27.6 | and orders that President Trump's name be taken down. |
| 0:31.5 | And there's another shock at the French Open Tennis, |
| 0:34.2 | with Novak Djokovic, latest big name to exit the tournament. |
| 0:40.4 | Also in this podcast, why the former head monk of China's Kung Fu Temple has been sentenced to 24 years in prison, and... |
| 0:49.3 | ...call of Judaism. Call of duty is under fire for the game's controversial storyline. |
| 1:04.7 | We start in Ghana, where Parliament has approved a new bill that criminalizes the so-called promotion of LGBTQ rights and |
| 1:13.8 | activities. Same-sex relationships have been banned in Ghana for more than 130 years. Under the new |
| 1:21.0 | legislation, anyone found to be funding, sponsoring or promoting LGBTQ acts could face up to five years in prison. |
| 1:30.6 | The ban has been criticised by international organisations, including Human Rights Watch, |
| 1:35.9 | which said it placed LGBTQ people's lives at risk. |
| 1:40.2 | The bill has long been pushed for by religious groups in the West African country. |
| 1:45.1 | And Ghanes President is now under pressure to sign it into law. |
| 1:49.1 | James Inu is one of the politicians who supported the legislation. |
| 1:53.3 | As far as the law is concerned, the law, no, LGBTIQ, infants, gay, any lesbians, any bisexuals, any homosexuals, or transgender. |
| 2:05.3 | The law criminalises all those things. |
| 2:08.7 | I spoke to our correspondent in Ghana, Thomas Nadi, about the new bill awaiting ratification. |
| 2:15.3 | There was already an existing law which banned gay sex, but it did not |
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