📍Their crime is that they had the audacity to ask for illegal mining to stop. A demand that benefits all of us. Free every single one of them.
#FreeTheCitizens#StopGalamseyNow
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This is the Koforidua Water Works, around where the River Densu enters the Weija Dam, which feeds potable water to most in the western parts of Accra.
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Hundreds of Ghanaians took to the streets of the nation’s capital, Accra, on Thursday and Friday to speak against government’s failure to halt illegal mining, locally known as #galamsey .
For VOA, reporter @MrBenjamine took to the streets of Accra to speak to demonstrators.
Hundreds of Ghanaians have called on their government to clamp down on illegal mining in Africa’s top gold producer in a second day of protests https://t.co/FumbC8Wzi8
Hundreds of children in Kyebi risk their lives daily in search of a few grams of hope. Many have abandoned their classrooms to engage in “galamsey” activities, like these young men.
#StopGalamseyNow
If you’re not adding your voice to the #StopGalamseyNow protest, this will be your reality [note: over 2,000 people died in Japan due to mercury poisoning.]
If you shut up, you harm yourself because mercury can remain in water for up to 1,000 years. Demand for galamsey to stop!
Organized labour has declared a nationwide strike starting on October 10, 2024, after the government's failure to meet their demands on illegal mining (Galamsey) by the set deadline.
‘we are calling on all workers to stay at home until government accedes to our demands’
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#IStandAgainstGalamsey
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Borgas, ‘Take a dip and experience mercury's effects for yourself. It's already in your water. You might as well immerse yourself.’ This is the real Detty December. Anytime you drink water during your ‘holidays’, remember it could be from this. #EndGalamseyNow#FreeTheCitizens
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