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Dundee Police Chief Submits Re
DUNDEE - Police Chief Bill Guess resigned Thursday after receiving a review that he said questioned his honesty, integrity and ethics.
"I just really have been pushed past my ultimate limit," he said.
Guess said he originally submitted his resignation Monday with two weeks' notice.
After Town Manager Charles Saddler asked him to reconsider and stay until Aug. 1, Guess rewrote his letter with the Aug. 1 effective date.
The letter said he was moved to resign after a "discussion regarding comments (Saddler) obtained from the (Town) Council which are bas... Read more
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Public Agenda - Ghana
08 March 2006
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Ghana's Reports on Human Right
Ghana is a constitutional democracy with a strong presidency and a unicameral 230-seat parliament. The country's population is approximately 21 million. In December 2004 eight political parties contested parliamentary elections, and four parties, including the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), contested presidential elections. NPP candidate John Agyekum Kufuor was reelected president with 52.45 percent of the vote. Despite a few incidents of intimidation and minor irregularities, domestic and international observers judged the elections generally free and fair. While civilian authorities generally maintained effective control over security forces, there were some instances in which elements of the security forces acted independently of government authorities.
The government generally respected the human rights of its citizens and made significant improvements during the year; however, there were problems in several areas, including a sharp increase in incidents of vigilante justice. The following human rights problems were reported:
• police use of excessive force, which resulted in deaths
• vigilante justice
• harsh and life-threatening prison conditions
• police corruption and impunity
• arbitrary arrest and detention
• prolonged pretrial detention
• infringement on citizens' privacy rights
• arrest, detention, interrogation, and harassment of journalists
• forcible dispersal of demonstrations
• corruption in all branches of government
• violence against women and children
• female genital mutilation (FGM)
• societal discrimination against women, persons with disabilities, homosexuals, and persons with HIV/AIDS
• trafficking in women and children
• ethnic discrimination and politically and ethnically motivated violence
• child labor, including forced child labor
During the year the government took significant steps to improve human rights, including passage of an antihuman trafficking law.
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