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Black Hyacinth Blog of Thursday, 21 September 2023

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Occupy Julorbi House: Protesters huddled into bus, transported to Police headquarters

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Demonstrators who had convened at the 37 Military Hospital were detained inside a bus after they chose to proceed with their planned peaceful protest, despite the police filing for an injunction barely 24 hours to the protest.

According to Twitter user @olelesalvador, protesters who had convened in the early hours of the day for the scheduled demonstration were huddled into a bus by the police.

The protesters were later transported to the Regional Police Headquarters.

Notably, the authorities instructed the protesters to turn off their mobile devices and surrender them to the police.

Several demonstrators have raised concerns about the state of democracy, asserting that their right to protest is being infringed upon.

"From the 37 Station all the way to Max Mart, there are mounted police. Moving around with horses like there’s a riot.
Let this add to the fact that this is the worst government we’ve had in our entire existence as a country," @niilexis, a Twitter user bemoaned.

Another tweep, abena_mooley, also said, "Protesters are being arrested by the Police during the #OccupyJulorbiHouse demo

“Arise Ghana Youth for your country” I rose before 7 am for this and the police said enter the car😭😭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭".

Media houses present are however being stopped from filming at the regional police headquarters.

The Occupy Julorbi House protest comes at the back of Ghana's crumbling economy, high standards of living, state of the Accra-Tema Motorway, among others.