Bolgatanga,Nov. 16, GNA- Ms Mina Mensah, Programmes Officer, Access to Justice of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative(CHRI), on Wednesday said human rights would be meaningless if people were not guaranteed an efficient and effective liberty and security.
Ms Mensah said many persons arrested by the Police were made to suffer torture, prolonged detention, late trial and other inhuman treatment even before they are made to know the cause of their arrests.
She said this at a workshop organized by CHRI in Bolgatanga in the Upper East on the theme, "Promoting Police Accountability through public Awareness on the rights of arrested persons in Ghana".
CHRI is an international Non Governmental Organization mandated to ensure the practical realization of human rights across the commonwealth'
