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General news for Monday, December 28, 2020
Source: My GH news
2020-12-28
Investigative journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni
The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has called on the Ghana Police Service to act swiftly to safeguard the life of freelance journalist Manasseh Azure after receiving threats against his life, in which the source told him to remember “what happened to him. happened to Ahmed Suale “. by Tiger Eye PI.
This comes after the journalist in an interview revealed that his life has been threatened by some faceless individual for an article he wrote condemning the Electoral Commission and its work in the 2020 elections.
“Some people have told me that every time I pick up my pen to write, I should think about what happened to Ahmed Saule. I have reported the matter to the police, ”Manasseh said in an interview on Joy News.
Condemning the threats, the Ghana Journalists Association said: “The GJA fully condemns such barbaric contemplation, plotting, orchestration, plot and plan, whether individually inspired or collectively conspired to kill a journalist for fulfilling a constitutionally guaranteed legal mandate. of the Republic of 1992 Ghana “.
He took the opportunity to call the police to urgently investigate the threats and from whom they came in order to arrest the person behind the threats.
“In this regard, we call on the Ghana Police Service to investigate, arrest and prosecute the suspect as quickly and decisively as possible.”
The Association also reminded President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to condemn the attacks on journalists “and give a firm guarantee of their safety.”
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