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Affail Monney demands an immediate investigation and sanctions against the police officers who did justice to themselves and who brutalized the journalists.
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The Ghana Journalists Association on Thursday lashed out at the "barbaric" badault of three journalists from the Ghanaian Times newspaper, in the hands of 10 policemen.
The Association says that it is shocking to note that the police who committed this despicable act turned into violators of the law and not law enforcement.
The journalists concerned, Salifu Abdul Rahman and Raissa Sambou Ebu, reportedly went in their official vehicle to the various locations of their choice when they decided to film an accident involving a police officer driving an unregistered motorcycle and the vehicle. transporting journalists to Kinbu in Central Accra.
The 10 or so police officers who were not happy that the journalists tried to record the accident and the ensuing exchanges between their driver and the police biker, threw themselves against the journalists and the police. physically badaulted.
Ms. Sambou, a badfeeding mother, was rushed to the Ridge Hospital, while Sullemana, who had been badaulted, was locked up at the police station of the ministries, then released.
The GJA therefore demanded an immediate investigation and punishment of the police officers who did justice to themselves and who brutalized the journalists.
"We call on the police administration to promptly open investigations into the incident and, for once, to punish the perpetrators of such heinous crimes," GJA said in a statement released Thursday and signed by President Roland Affail Monney.
Read the full statement below:
PRESS RELEASE
March 14, 2019
The badault of the Ghanaian journalist by the police is barbaric
The Ghana Association of Journalists (GJA) unequivocally condemns the killing of three Ghanaian Times reporters by a police officer in Accra on Thursday, March 14, 2019. It is about journalists Sulemana Malik , Salifu Abdul Rahman and Raissa Sambou Ebu. We call on the police administration to promptly open investigations into the incident and, for once, to punish the perpetrators of such heinous crimes.
Information available to the GJA indicates that an unregistered motorcycle police officer struck a vehicle belonging to the Ghanaian Times near the Kinbu traffic light in Accra around 8:45 am today and picked up speed. The police officer reportedly blew up the traffic and, as he was clearing his way, his motorcycle hit the bumper of a Nissan saloon belonging to the Ghanaian Times, thus breaking the rearview mirror and the windshield of the car. His pbadenger who saw what happened had signaled him to stop, but the policeman continued on his way.
The driver of the Ghanaian Times vehicle then pursued and managed to block the policeman 's bike a few meters from the scene of the accident. Malik got off the vehicle and started recording the video recording of the incident with his mobile phone. Irritated by this action, the police officer tried to snatch the journalist's mobile phone and, as he had not succeeded, hit the journalist's face with blood flowing from his nostrils. Other police officers and a soldier in uniform allegedly joined the journalist's beat, pushing, kicking, slapping and punching him.
The other two journalists on board the vehicle – Salifu Abdul Rahaman and Raissa Sambou Ebu – were also heckled and, at the same time, Raissa, a woman who was badfeeding, collapsed and was transported to the hospital. Greater Accra Regional Hospital.
According to the reported information, the police demanded Malik's mobile phone and then handcuffed him and took him away in a police vehicle. They then sent him to the police station of the ministries and detained him for about four hours. The police reportedly ignored several requests from the reporter to send him to the hospital for medical treatment.
The journalist was later released from the cell and allegedly dragged down the stairs to an office on the second floor where he was allegedly asked to write a statement. But he refused to do so, insisting on the presence of his lawyer before continuing. He was then returned to the cell while a counter officer continued to beat him in the back. It took the intervention of ACP David Eklu, director general of the Public Affairs Directorate of the Ghana Police, and ASP Efia Tenge, public relations officer of the police of the Accra region, to save the reporter from further torture.
The GJA believes that the aggression perpetrated by these officers is barbaric at a time of rule of law, while the police were supposed to enforce the law and not break the law. We call on the police administration to seek out and punish the perpetrators of this despicable act in order to deter others and to redeem the image of the Ghana Police Service of the shameful label of the police. a brutal institution. This incident should not be added to the list of unresolved cases of badaulting journalists by police officers. This culture of impunity must stop now!
The GJA will not stop its efforts to obtain justice for all journalists who have been badaulted by police officers in the past and we call all well-meaning Ghanaians to join us in condemning this barbaric conduct on the part of the police . Twenty-seven years after the beginning of our democratic mandate, it is important for the police to understand that we live in the respect of the law and not of the law of the jungle.
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