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vans old skool black australia , June 27 (Xinhua) -- The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) on Friday criticized government's decision to airlift 3 million U.S. dollars cash to pay players of the senior national soccer team, the Black Stars, in Brazil.
The Ghanaian government carted the amount when the players boycotted training ahead of Thursday's final Group G match against Portugal until President Mahama intervened.
In a statement issued in Accra, the GBA noted that government' s decision to bow to the pressure from the players did not only break the law but also set a bad precedent for the citizenry.
It said its investigations had revealed that there was an agreement with the players for their appearance fees and allowances to be paid into their bank accounts.
But midstream in the competition, the players insisted on being paid physical cash with the threat of boycotting the competition and thereby stampeded the authorities into physically transporting the colossal sum of money from Accra to Brazil.
The Lawyers' group said at a time that the Bank of Ghana was making strenuous efforts to stabilize the local currency (cedi)
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"Government must be seen to be leading the line in playing by the rules set by law and institutions of state and not assist a group of people to break the law. This is utterly despicable," said the statement signed by Nene Amegatcher, GBA National President.
The Association called on the leadership of the Ghana Football Association, the Ministry of Sports and Parliament to fashion out a strict code for the use of footballers and other sports personalities in any future event relating to discipline in camp and the payment of bonuses and allowances.
It congratulated officials who stamped their authority by expelling Sulley Muntari and Kevin-Prince Boateng for misconduct and suggested that discipline must be the hallmark of Ghana's teams and individuals engaged in sports and not merely the desire to win.
"This discipline must percolate to all facets of nation- building," Amegatcher said.
Jakarta's Christian governor
old skool shoes australia , Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (C), better known as Ahok, speaks to his lawyers after judges delivered their verdict during his blasphemy trial in Jakarta on Tuesday. Ahok was found guilty, capping a saga seen as a test of religious tolerance in the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation. Photo: AFP
Jakarta's Christian governor was jailed for two years Tuesday after being found guilty of blasphemy, in a shock decision that has stoked concerns over rising religious intolerance in the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation.
Islamic hardliners outside the Jakarta court shouted "God is greatest!" as news came through that Basuki Tjahaja Purnama would be sent to prison for insulting Islam
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Purnama, Jakarta's first non-Muslim governor for half a century and its first ethnic Chinese leader, looked calm when the verdict was announced and said he would appeal, as some of his supporters in court burst into tears.
He was immediately transferred to jail and authorities said his deputy would take over running Jakarta for the final few months of his term. Hundreds of his supporters descended on the prison shouting "Free Ahok" -- Purnama's nickname -- and shook the gate of the facility.
The 50-year-old was hauled into court last year to face trial on charges of insulting the Koran while campaigning for re-election, after the blasphemy accusations sparked a series of mass protests in Jakarta spearheaded by radical groups and encouraged by his rivals.
Tuesday's jail sentence and his loss last month to a Muslim challenger in the Jakarta vote
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"It's another big step in the slow decline of religious freedom in Indonesia," said Andreas Harsono, Indonesia researcher for Human Rights Watch, after Purnama was jailed.
"If someone of that political stature can be charged and sent to prison
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Indonesia, 90 percent of whose 255 million people are Muslim, has a long tradition of pluralistic values and is home to substantial populations of Christians, Hindus and Buddhists. But there has been a rise in attacks on minorities in recent years.
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