An Accra High Court has postponed the bail hearing for eight remanded protesters to October 7, 2024, after rejecting their legal counsel’s request to bring the hearing forward from the originally scheduled date.
The request was heard on Monday, September 30, when the Attorney General’s (AG) department sought additional time to review the application, which the court granted, giving them until this morning to respond.
In their response, the AG’s department argued that the bail application should have included essential documents, such as the charge sheet and records of the Circuit Court proceedings that had previously denied bail.
Counsel for the protesters countered that “the AG’s department already had the charge sheet, as they filed the charges.” However, the AG’s department maintained that “the Circuit Court’s proceedings and ruling were not in their possession.”
Counsel for the protesters requested a brief one-hour adjournment to gather and attach the necessary documents, but the court denied the request and ultimately sided with the State’s argument, adjourning the hearing to the original date of October 7, just one day before the remand order expires and the protesters are due to return to court.
Following a demonstration in Accra against illegal mining and economic hardship, Fifty-three protesters remain in police and prison custody with police accusing them of multiple offenses.
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