(Free Expression Ghana/IFEX) – Jerry Rawlings’ defeated National Democratic Congress (NDC) government has shifted into gear to gag free speech. The NDC party has issued two writs against the editor of the daily “Evening News” and the New Times Corporation (NTC) publishing company, seeking damages for articles published in the Monday 12 March and Tuesday […]
(Free Expression Ghana/IFEX) – Jerry Rawlings’ defeated National Democratic Congress (NDC) government has shifted into gear to gag free speech.
The NDC party has issued two writs against the editor of the daily “Evening News” and the New Times Corporation (NTC) publishing company, seeking damages for articles published in the Monday 12 March and Tuesday 3 April 2001 editions of the newspaper.
In the first writ, the party is seeking damages for an article titled “NDC Attempted to withdraw 7.2 billion cedis for post election violence”, while in the second, the party is seeking similar relief for an article captioned “Rawlings to Refund 116 million ESB…He is not qualified, neither is Ato Dadzie”.
In both actions, the NDC party is asking the court to place an injunction on chief-of-staff Jake Obetsebi Lamptey and the NTC, barring them from publishing libel against the party and causing or authorising it to be published.
