Child-right NGO praises police, urges expeditious prosecution of suspects in ‘boy assault’ viral video  

INNORIGHTS Ghana LBG on Wednesday praised the Ghana Police Service for the swift arrest of the suspects in connection with ‘inhumane’ assault of a young boy in a viral video on social media.  
  
INNORIGHTS Ghana is a human rights Non-Governmental Organisation that works to promote and protect the rights, dignity and welfare of children and other vulnerable groups.  
  
“We are hurt and express our deepest outrage about the disturbing viral video circulating in the social media in which a young child is subjected to brutal and inhumane physical assault by two male adults”, it stated in a statement issued.  
  
A copy of the statement, signed by Mr Peter Boateng, the Executive Officer and made available to the GNA in Sunyani, said: “Such barbaric and degrading treatment is not only a direct affront to human dignity but a gross violation of both international and national legal frameworks”.  
  
It said Ghana, as a ‘State Party’ to the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (UNCAT) of 1984, had committed herself to “taking effective measures to prevent and punish all acts of torture”.  
  
Those international standards are well-reflected in domestic legislation, including the Children’s Act, 1998 (Act 560), which unequivocally protects children from all forms of violence, neglect, and inhuman treatment.  
  
The statement said: “We commend the Ghana Police Service for their swift and professional response in apprehending the alleged perpetrators” and called for the immediate prosecution of the suspects to serve as a deterrent to like-minded others.  
  
“The police and judiciary must prosecute this case with the urgency, transparency, and the required firmness it deserves, ensuring justice for the victim and deterrence to all would-be offenders”, it urged.  
  
It said: “INNORIGHTS Ghana strongly encourages all members of the public to report any form of egregious torture or cruel treatment, particularly against children, to the nearest police station, social welfare office, or any recognized human rights organization”.  
  
Adding: “Silence is complicity, and every voice matters in the fight against violence and impunity”, calling for effective collaboration towards upholding the rights, dignity, and protection of every child.  
  
“In fact, no child, irrespective of their background and social and economic class, deserves to live in fear or pain because a just society begins with how we treat our most vulnerable”, the statement added.  
  
Source: GNA  

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