Following the 9 August 1996 conviction of Cofie Ammuako-Annan, acting editor of the newspaper “The Ghanaian Chronicle”, for contempt of court, the high court judge ruled that no reporting of the proceedings would be allowed, either of the conviction of Ammuako-Annan or of the judgement in a murder trial that the paper had commented on. […]
Following the 9 August 1996 conviction of Cofie Ammuako-Annan,
acting editor of the newspaper “The Ghanaian Chronicle”, for
contempt of court, the high court judge ruled that no reporting
of the proceedings would be allowed, either of the conviction of
Ammuako-Annan or of the judgement in a murder trial that the
paper had commented on.
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expression and contrary to internationally recognised principles,
including Article 14 of the International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights, which states that “any judgement rendered in a
criminal case or in a suit at law shall be made public…”
legal proceedings be initiated against any journalist who may
have reported these cases
Appeals To
His Excellency Jerry Rawlings
President of the Republic of Ghana
The Castle
P.O. Box 1627
Accra,Ghana
Fax: +233 21 664 089For the attention of I.K. Abban
Chief Justice of Ghana
Accra, Ghana
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