Two radio journalists assaulted by political party supporters, another by police officer
(MFWA/IFEX) – On 28 December 2008, Alex Kobina Mensah, a journalist with Joy FM, an Accra-based independent radio station, was allegedly assaulted by supporters of Ghana’s main opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), in Ashaiman, a town in the Greater Accra Region. The NDC supporters apparently were displeased with a report prepared by Mensah. […]
Three journalists receive death threats, several others attacked, harassed by political party supporters
(MFWA/IFEX) – On 31 December 2008, Metropolitan Television (Metro TV), an Accra-based independent television station, filed a complaint at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service about threats and physical attacks on its personnel by supporters of the two main political parties in the country. The MFWA’s correspondent reported that in less […]
Ruling party supporters assault opposition cameraman
(MFWA/IFEX) – Babs Hammer, a cameraman for Ghana’s former president Jerry John Rawlings, was reportedly attacked on 14 December 2008 by members of the entourage of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the presidential candidate of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP). The cameraman was targeted for filming Akufo-Addo without his permission. MFWA’s correspondent reported that the […]
Former president’s guards assault newspaper journalist
(MFWA/IFEX) – On 8 November 2008, Wisdom Peter Awuku, a reporter for the “Daily Guide”, an Accra-based privately-owned newspaper, was allegedly assaulted by three men guarding a house belonging to Ghana’s former president, Jerry John Rawlings, in Vume, a town near Sogakope in the Volta Region. According to Awuku, the guards assaulted him and briefly […]
Journalist assaulted by MP’s aide
(MFWA/IFEX) – On 1 November 2008, Eric Amoh, a reporter for Ghana News Agency (GNA), a state-owned news wire service, was allegedly assaulted by Martin Ako, an aide to the Member of Parliament for Navrongo Central, Kofi Adda. Media Foundation for West Africa’s (MFWA) correspondent reported that the aide slapped Amoh and rained blows on […]
Two newspaper journalists attacked
(MFWA/IFEX) – Mark-Anthony Vinorkor and Samuel Tei Adano, a reporter and photographer, respectively, for the state-owned newspaper “Daily Graphic”, were violently attacked by security personnel working for the state-run Tema Development Corporation (TDC) on 22 October 2008. MFWA’s correspondent reported that the incident occurred at Community Four, where the two had gone to cover a […]
Journalist held captive by traditional leader
(MFWA/IFEX) – On 28 July 2008, reporter Osei Kwame, of “Kumasi Mail”, an independent weekly newspaper based in Kumasi, Ghana’s second largest city, was detained and briefly held captive in the Chief’s Palace by Nana Osei Bonsu, chief of Abira, a town in the Kwabre District of the Ashanti Region. Kwame told Media Foundation for […]
Police storm radio station, assault two media workers
(MFWA/IFEX) – On 5 August 2008, police officers stormed the premises of Radio Gold, an Accra-based pro-opposition FM station, and assaulted a number of individuals, including a station employee and a newspaper graphic designer. Fred Ayensu Lindsay, the station’s financial controller, and Mohammed Caliph, a graphic designer for the “Daily Guide” privately-owned newspaper, were assaulted […]
Various reporters assaulted by political militants for alleged bias, one seriously injured
(MFWA/IFEX) – In two separate incidents, five journalists were assaulted by political party militants. On 1 August 2008, four journalists in Tamale, the capital of the Northern Region of Ghana, were attacked by supporters of the country’s two main political parties while covering the ongoing voters’ registration exercise in the city. MFWA’s correspondent reported that […]
Radio journalist attacked by ruling party supporters
(MFWA/IFEX) – On 13 July 2008, Asafo Adjei Davidson, news editor of Success FM, a local radio station based in Goaso, a town in the Asunafo North Constituency in the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana, was allegedly assaulted by a group of supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). Davidson said he was slapped several […]
Newspaper receives more death threats; chief justice announces creation of new human rights court
(MFWA/IFEX) – On 15 July 2008, Western Publications Limited, publishers of the “Daily Guide”, an Accra-based, privately-owned daily newspaper, filed a complaint with the head of the Ghana Police Service’s Criminal Investigations Department (CID) regarding threats to the lives and security of its staff and property. The threats were received via anonymous telephone calls. This […]
Publisher of pro-government newspaper receives death threats
(MFWA/IFEX) – Gina Ama Blay, publisher and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Western Publications Limited, publishers of the “Daily Guide”, an Accra-based pro-government daily newspaper, allegedly received threats on her life on 2 July 2008 by a caller who identified himself only as “Gajekpo” and claimed to be a soldier in the Ghana Armed Forces. […]
Police arrest, briefly detain journalist over allegedly “false reports”
(MFWA/IFEX) – On 10 June 2008, Edmond Gyebi, a Northern Regional correspondent for “The Chronicle”, an independent Accra-based daily newspaper, was arrested and briefly detained in the office of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police over a live report he made on a radio station. MFWA’s correspondent reported that, at the time […]
Journalist beaten by police for questioning their interference with press coverage of sporting event; photographer beaten after photographing attack
(MFWA/IFEX) – On 1 June 2008, Samuel Ebo Bartels, sports reporter for Citi FM, an Accra-based independent radio station, was violently attacked by a group of police officers deployed at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi, Ghana’s second largest city. A photojournalist who took pictures of the attack was also beaten by the same police […]
Two journalists assaulted by security guards, allegedly at MP’s prompting
(MFWA/IFEX) – On 25 May 2008, Joe Okyere, a regional correspondent of the state-owned “Daily Graphic” newspaper, and Philip Baidoo, a reporter of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), were physically assaulted by security guards, allegedly on the orders of Isaac Edumadze, Member of Parliament for Ajumako-Eyan-Essiam Constituency of the Central Region of Ghana. The incident […]
Government minister denies he interrupted TV programme, uttered threats
(MFWA/IFEX) – On 2 May 2008, Ghana’s Minister of Trade and Industry, Joe Baidoo-Ansah, denied storming the studios of Metropolitan Television (Metro TV), an Accra-based TV station, to interrupt a live broadcast. He told Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) on the telephone that his attention was drawn to a live broadcast from a make-shift […]