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General News on Friday, July 26, 2019
Source: Myjoyonline.com
2019-07-26
Ahmed Hussein-Suale was badbadinated in January 2019
The British High Commission in Ghana has said it looks forward to the outcome of investigations into the badbadination of PI member Ahmed Hussein Suale.
The Commission said that the outcome of the investigation was of great interest to the British government.
The US Embbady has also made a similar request. The US Embbady has said that a thorough investigation should be opened into the death of the investigative journalist who was murdered seven months ago in Madina, Accra.
Says before Israel Laryea, of Joy News, as part of the campaign for media freedom, Annup Vyas, head of political affairs at the British High Commission in Ghana, said that murder and other attacks against journalists were a source of great concern.
He urged state actors not to consider journalists as adversaries but as partners.
The badbadination of Ahmed Suale remains one of the incidents that shocked the international community.
"We are looking to see what will happen next … there are obvious signs that it is a murder and should be considered as such." We also seek to see what is happening. will then move in terms of justice and accountability of officials, "said Mr. Vyas.
American Embbady
The US Embbady also said last week that Suale's death was more than an attack on Ghana's climate of transparency, democratic credibility and freedom of the press.
"New attacks against some journalists reflect a worrying trend that needs to be reversed to ensure Ghana's reputation for media freedom is maintained," said the press secretary of the embbady, Ms. Naomi. Mattos, quoted by the government daily Daily Graphic at an event in Accra. .
Campaign
Throughout this week, the Multimedia group has campaigned to end attacks on journalists and to strengthen media freedom in Ghana.
The campaign has become critical because of the increased attacks against journalists in Ghana in recent times.
Nicknamed "Defend Media Freedom", the campaign aimed to garner the views and suggestions of a number of prominent members of the media fraternity on how to end the media. Attack on freedom of the press.
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