Political movement, New Force, has extended a heartfelt apology to the Kingdom of Belgium, the European Union (EU) committee and the international community at large for the mistreatment of Shalimar Abbiusi at the hands of Ghana’s security agencies.
According to the New Force, the unsettling experience of Shalimar popularly known as Shallie is a stain on Ghana’s human rights credentials and the country’s standing within the League of Nations.
Shallie was arrested and detained days after she appeared in the political movement’s campaign video.
She was charged with obtaining a student residency permit by false declaration and was detained by the National Investigation Bureau for several days.
Her home was also allegedly searched and ransacked.
The state prosecutors later dropped all charges against her only for her to be rearrested by the Immigration Service outside of the court room. She was deported the next day.
“The movement acknowledges the strain on her family and sympathizes with their aggrieved feelings over reported gross misconduct and malpractice by trusted officials. Shallie has since returned to the Kingdom of Belgium. The New Force stands for the empowerment of people,” the New Force said in a statement.
The group called on the international community not to reciprocate the action displeased by the country.
“We hope that Ghana reconsiders their reported misuse of power for political interests and realigns herself with a robust legal framework that preserves our global standing as a country of justice and peace. To us, the integrity of our country and its international reputation is more important than partisan political interest,” it added.
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