Ghana

The pastors stormed the studios of Hot FM to protest their exclusion from a current affairs programme.

A spokesperson for the group told MFWA that two of the protesters were roughed up by police for resisting the unlawful arrest.

Felix Nyaaba was violently assaulted by supporters of King Latse II at the Accra High Court for photographing the king and his entourage.

Police officers prevented a group of journalists accredited to cover a football match from entering the inner perimeter of the stadium, and went on to assault several of them.

The movie was suspected of discrediting President John Evans Atta Mills.

Gooré Bi Hué had gone to the Ivorian Refugee Camp in Elubo, a border town in Ghana, to prepare a report, when he was assaulted and detained by local police.

At a recent round table discussion, Raymond Atuguba, David Annan, Abraham Amaliba and Larry Bimi gave credence to several research findings claiming the judiciary was one of the most corrupt institutions in the country.

In recent months there have been many cases of national security personnel interfering with journalists reporting on issues involving security agencies, according to MFWA.

Takyi Boateng says he is shocked by the behaviour of the policemen who detained him at the station as he had produced his press card and sought permission from the court’s registrar before he began photographing.

“The Chronicle” reported that Nonor was roughed up by guards and dragged into their vehicle, along with street vendors, and taken to AMA offices, where they were detained.

Prince Prah was interrogated on a wide range of issues, including the source for a story he published on an alleged massive shake-up at the top hierarchy of the military.

Five members of the Ghana National Association of Teachers were detained and released the same day, after protesting a new pay policy for public service workers.

Opposition politician Kennedy Agyapong was reportedly asked to submit a written statement to police.

The opposition MP made the remarks on a local radio station after he was implicated by Alhaji Bature Iddrisu in a 2006 narcotics case.

The protesters were demonstrating over the long delay in passing the RTI bill into law.

Five radio stations were forced off the air for several hours after their broadcasting equipment was seized by personnel from the Interim Copyright Management Team.