Accra, July 9, 2019 Food Sovereignty Ghana (FSG) appeared before the Supreme Court today in a case in which one of the defendants sought to challenge a High Court ruling on the court’s jurisdiction to hear a petition brought before … Continue reading
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GMO Case Goes To The Supreme Court
Ghana’s landmark GMO Court case in which Food Sovereignty Ghana (FSG) is suing the government of Ghana over the commercialization of genetically modified Bt cowpeas and GM rice goes to the Supreme Court on Tuesday, the 9th of July, 2019, … Continue reading
May 18, 2019
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Solidarity with March Against Monsanto Accra Saturday 18th May
Solidarity with March Against Monsanto Accra Saturday 18th May Good morning, Ladies and gentlemen of the press, friends and members of Food Sovereignty Ghana (FSG). I would like to start by thanking you sincerely for honouring our invitation this morning. I must also hasten … Continue reading
GMO Court Case Adjourned To March 11
Food Sovereignty Ghana (FSG) appeared before the Accra Human Rights High Court on Tuesday, 12 February 2019, in Ghana’s first landmark case concerning biotechnology, which is challenging the commercial release of Bt cowpea and GM rice, as well as the … Continue reading
November 1, 2018
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GMO Court Case Faces Another Hurdle
Food Sovereignty Ghana (FSG) appeared before the Human Rights Court in Accra on Wednesday October 31st 2018, for the continuation of the case, Food Sovereignty Ghana & 3 ors Vs National Biosafety Committee & 4 ors, against the commercialisation of … Continue reading
Food Sovereignty Ghana defends position at seminar on GMO’s!
Food Sovereignty Ghana (FSG) on Tuesday morning April 10 participated in a seminar organised by the National Bio Safety Authority (NBA) at the Teachers Hall in Accra. The seminar which was under the theme: “Can Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) contribute … Continue reading
Appeals Court dismisses motion in favour of Food Sovereignty Ghana
Accra, Wednesday, 28th March. An Appeals Court in Accra has dismissed a motion filled by the counsel for the fifth defendants, the Ghana National Association of Farmers & Fisherfolk (GNAFF) for a stay of proceedings. Food Sovereignty Ghana (FSG) appeared before … Continue reading
Crowdfunding Appeal Against Ruling On GMO Case In Ghana
We urgently need help! We are doing our best to resist the imposition of GMOs on Ghanaians, but we need help urgently! A day after announcing our intention to appeal, FSG lawyers filed a Notice of Appeal on Thursday, November … Continue reading
Court Ruling On GMO Case: Why We Intend To Appeal
Food Sovereignty Ghana organized a Press conference today to announce their intention to appeal against the ruling by the Human Rights court, Accra dismissing their application for Interlocutory Injunction on the commercial release of Bt Cowpea and GM rice. Below … Continue reading
Ruling On Ghana’s GMO landmark Case Set For October 29th.
Sir Justice Dennis Adjei the newly appointed judge on the GMO case in Ghana presided over affairs of the high profile case for the first time this morning at the Human Rights Court set the 29th October, 2015 to give … Continue reading