Rastafarian Students Finally Win Case Against Achimota School After High Court Ruling
Latest report gathered by our outfit indicates that the Human Rights Division of the Accra High Court has given a strict order to Achimota School to admit the two Rastafarian understudies.
The Human Rights Division of the High Court presided over by Justice Gifty Agyei Addo decided that the fundamental human rights of the two understudies can’t be restricted by the guidelines being referred to.
Tyron Iras Marhguy and Oheneba Kwaku Nkrabea sued the educational committee’s of Governors, the Minister of Education, Ghana Education Service and the Attorney General to uphold their fundamental Human Rights.
The candidates requested that the court “proclaim that the disappointment and additionally refusal of the first Respondent (Achimota School Board of Governors) to concede or enlist the Applicant based on his Rastafarian strict tendency, convictions and culture portrayed by his keeping of Rasta is an infringement of his key basic liberties and opportunities ensured under the 1992 constitution especially Articles 12(1), 23, 21(1)(b)(c)”.
The students also went all out to sought compensation for the ”embarrassment, waste of time, inconvenience and violating their fundamental human rights and freedoms”.
