{"id":101440,"date":"2025-11-01T14:26:50","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T14:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=101440"},"modified":"2025-11-01T14:26:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T14:26:50","slug":"cybersecurity-amendment-draft-a-cyber-coup-orchestrated-to-attack-human-right-ahiagbah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=101440","title":{"rendered":"Cybersecurity Amendment draft a cyber coup orchestrated to attack human right \u2013 Ahiagbah"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Director of Communications of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Richard Ahiagbah, has described the proposed Cybersecurity Bill as a \u201ccyber coup\u201d orchestrated to undermine Ghana\u2019s democratic values and constitutional rights.<\/p>\n

Speaking on JoyNews\u2019 The Pulse<\/em> programme, Mr. Ahiagbah said the bill, though framed as a cybersecurity initiative, is designed to suppress free expression and curtail citizens\u2019 rights.<\/p>\n

The Cybersecurity (Amendment) Bill, 2025 proposes sweeping new powers for the Cyber Security Authority, from prosecuting cyber-offences to seizing digital assets.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe whole effort, the motive behind it, is not good for our democracy. This is not about cybersecurity; they are fighting; this is a coup they are orchestrating against our constitutional rights. They are determined to curtail our rights, and I think we shouldn\u2019t just countenance it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

He argued that the proposed legislation, if passed, could serve as a tool to clamp down on dissenting voices under the guise of tackling online misinformation and hate speech, stressing that its purpose and intent remain unclear.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere is another bill that I think is working its way along this misinformation, disinformation, hate speech, and publication of other issues\u2026 What is all this? What is the problem really? What is happening?\u201d he questioned.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Mr Ahiagbah warned that the bill would empower the state to monitor citizens\u2019 online activities, thereby eroding privacy and civil liberties.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis thing\u2014they should quietly disappear with it. This whole thing is going to promote surveillance on citizens and give them needless powers to invade our privacy,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

He emphasised that, rather than introducing laws that could stifle freedoms, efforts should be directed towards strengthening existing democratic institutions and promoting accountability.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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