Ghana vow to fight Canada's Partey visa decision
Key takeaways
- Ghana will face Panama in their World Cup opener Wednesday.
- Partey, who remains at the team's base camp in Boston, is set to stand trial after being charged with seven counts of rape and one count of sexual assault by London's Metropolitan Police.
- "If any Ghanaian is touched anywhere, we will not keep quiet over it," Sports Minister Kofi Adams told local station Channel One TV on Friday.
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Ghana will face Panama in their World Cup opener Wednesday.
Partey, who remains at the team's base camp in Boston, is set to stand trial after being charged with seven counts of rape and one count of sexual assault by London's Metropolitan Police. On these grounds, Canada denied him entry to the territory ahead of Ghana's tournament opener, but it's a decision that the Ghanaian government is not planning to accept. Partey has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
"If any Ghanaian is touched anywhere, we will not keep quiet over it," Sports Minister Kofi Adams told local station Channel One TV on Friday. "Through the appropriate channels, we have communicated to the rightful authorities and are requesting for them to use all processes to review and give opportunity for a review of such a decision that we think frowns on international laws and conventions, which both Ghana and Canada are party to.