Posted on 07/17/2026 7:38:21 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Last month and early this month, Camilla Alhassan shared a series of videos alleging, without providing evidence, that the president sacrificed 32 cows as part of a ritual to help him win the 2024 general election.
The 43-year-old also alleged that a government initiative to distribute sanitary pads to recent flood victims was an attempt to conceal what she claimed he had done.
The judge turned down an appeal for a lighter punishment, ruling that a custodial sentence would discourage similar conduct.
Prosecutors had argued that Alhassan, who has more than 70,000 followers on TikTok, had made a series of false and defamatory allegations against the president.
Her widely shared videos, which led to Alhassan's arrest earlier this month, prompted renewed debate in Ghana about misinformation on social media and how to strike the balance between criminal sanctions and freedom of expression.
The judge said that the sentence was necessary to curb the spread of falsehood, which is becoming prevalent on social media.
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Would have been nice if the BBC had the courtesy to tell its readers what “the president” was president of. I didn’t think president Trump was ever accused of sacrificing cows.
Yeah, but libs here are oppressed right? They have no basis in reality.
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Why would Trump be in Ghana in the first place. Let alone sacrificing cows. Doesn’t he have his own cows to sacrifice here in the USA?
Definitely a few brick short of a load. The lights are on but nobody is home.
Not as if he stampeded them through The Vatican.
Definitely a few brick short of a load. The lights are on but nobody is home.
Her mind, is not her own.
“The judge said that the sentence was necessary to curb the spread of falsehood, which is becoming prevalent on social media.”
Imagine if that were the case here.
And the problem with that is?
Its not a crime to kill cows in most countries outside certain parts of India.
Whether you kill cows to eat or as part of a ritual is irrelevant.
And what's the BBC complaining about anyway?
BBC has strongly supported Starmer arresting people for social media posts in the UK.
The problem is that it caused the price of beef to sky-rocket.
See? That really works. But does anyone listen to me? Nooooo...
Arrests of critics in Ghana provokes alarm over free speech under Mahama
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