CAMPAIGNERS condemned Ghana’s parliament today for approving an anti-LGBT+ Bill that could send some people to prison for more than a decade.

The legislation, first tabled three years ago, criminalises members of the LGBT+ community and its supporters, who are barred from engaging in promotion and funding of related activities and public displays of affection.

Speaking to reporters after the Bill was passed on Wednesday, one of its sponsors, National Democratic Congress MP Sam George, said he felt relieved, “like a burden has been taken from me.”