Arrest Rawlings

A group of UK based Ghanaians, led by Alex Asabere, Chairman of the erstwhile Ghanaian Democratic Movement, is seeking to obtain a writ for the arrest of former President J.J. Rawlings for human rights abuses and abuse of power during his 19-year tyrannical rule.

Announcing this at a press conference in London, Asabere said that arrangements had been made to contact Amnesty International and other international organisations.

Asabere said, "the time has come for Rawlings to account for all the atrocities and crimes committed during his rule." He would, therefore not allow Rawlings to go scot-free, adding that the abductions, murders, disappearances, tortures and brutalities against innocent Ghanaians were not different from those committed by the former Chilean dictator, Augusto Pinochet.

Therefore, he would make sure that, like Pinochet, Rawlings is arrested and tried wherever he may be found.