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General News of Monday, March 18, 2019
Source: citinewsroom.com
2019-03-18
Three Ghanaian Times journalists reportedly beaten by 10 police officers
Ghanaian Times, the public press company, will ask the Ministry of Information to seek justice for the three journalists badaulted by police officers.
The three people, one of whom is a badfeeding mother, were reportedly badaulted by a police officer who allegedly stuck his motorcycle in their vehicle.
The police officer takes offense at the interrogation of the three men and then attacks them.
Addressing Citi News, the Ghanaian Times newspaper's editor, David Agbenu, said his team will soon release an attack report to the Ministry of Information, which will forward it to the ministry. of the Interior so that appropriate measures are taken.
"We needed to talk to our lawyer so that he would also deal with the matter, after which the petition will be sent to the [Interior] Minister, he says.
One of the reporters, Raissa Sambo, was reportedly admitted to the Ridge Hospital after being badaulted Thursday by a police officer from the motorized transport department around the Kinbu truck park in Accra.
The other reporters Malik Suleman and Salifu Abdul Rahman were reportedly detained by the police for a while before being released.
"Attacks on journalists are becoming commonplace in Ghana"
Attacks on journalists in Ghana are becoming a common phenomenon with police officers being among the perpetrators.
In the past two years, more than 15 of these cases have been reported.
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) also said it has recorded about 62 such incidents against journalists over the past four years.
"Despite the many reported cases of offenses against journalists, the perpetrators have been punished very rarely, if at all. This culture of impunity for crimes against journalists only encourages the perpetrators and encourages others to abuse journalists at the least risk. Many reported crimes are investigated or ended with a simple police statement that investigations have been opened, "said MFWA in one of its reports.
The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) also condemned the attack and called on the police to identify the perpetrator and punish him accordingly.
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