Ebenezer Peegan among Secretary of State’s Human Rights Defender Award recipients
Pontiff met with Clare Byarugaba from Uganda and Ebenezer Peegah from Ghana
Country's president has yet to sign ally criminalization bill
Alleged assailants told victim that anti-LGBTQ+ bill was law
Incident took place at the University of Ghana's Legon campus
World Health Organization declassified homosexuality as mental disorder on May 17, 1990
Soldiers earlier this month raided gay party in Accra
Rightify Ghana said incident took place Aug. 20
Activists and allies could face up to 10 years in prison
Workshop attendees taken into custody after ‘unlawful assembly’
