<p><strong>The Action by Christians Against Torture (ACAT Ghana), and the Human Rights Reporters Ghana (HRRG) in a press release has backed the global call to abolish Death Penalty in Ghana championed by the International Action by Christians Against Torture, FIACAT.</strong></p>
<p>This year’s celebration which happens to be the 20th was built on the theme “Death penalty: a road paved with torture”</p>
<p>ACAT Ghana and HRRG “appeal to the President, His Excellency, Nana Akuffo-Addo to grant Amnesty to all prisoners on death roll to life sentences.”</p>
<p>The group also plead with the President to immediately intervene in the case of a 75-year-old, John Narh Terkpe, who spent 20 years on death row, 26 years on a life sentence and still counting on in Nsawam Prison, Ghana. “</p>
<p>Read the full statement below:</p>
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