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GJA calls on Police to investigate death threats against Manasseh, others

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The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has called on the Police Administration to investigate death threats on Journalist in the country in course of lawful duties.

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The call comes after death threats were issued to freelance journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni by supposed political fanatics over an opinion piece he published recently.

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In a press statement released on December 27, 2020, signed by Mr Kofi Yeboah, the General Secretary, the Association described such death threats, particularly the latest one received by Manasseh via his e-mail as poisonous enough to snuff life out of him.

The GJA said it condemns all of such schemes against journalists who are discharging their duties rightfully in accordance with the country’s constitution.

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“The venom in the latest death notice served on him via email is poisonous enough to snuff life, and for which reason the GJA wishes to sound the alarm bell for all to respond.”

“The GJA totally condemns such barbaric contemplation, machination, orchestration, plot and scheme, whether individually inspired or collectively conspired, to kill a journalist for discharging a lawful mandate guaranteed by the 1992 Constitution of the Republic of Ghana,” GJA stated in a statement.

The person who threatened Manasseh said the journalists must be minded about the death of Ahmed Suale before writing any article.

“We are monitoring the present situation in the country very closely, and when it gets out of hand, we shall move in swiftly to ensure that we eliminate you to bring finality to these brouhahas going on,” the statement reads.

According to the Association, the growing level of intolerance in the country’s body politic and severity of the words contained in the threat requires that the police get to the bottom of it.

“In regard of the foregoing, we call on the Ghana Police Service to investigate, arrest and prosecute the suspect as swiftly and decisively as possible.”

The GJA also entreated the police to provide protection for Manasseh Azure and other journalists across the country whose lives have been threatened due to their work.

“We also call on the police to provide adequate security to Manasseh and other journalists across the country who have similarly received death threats.”

The GJA further called on the President, the National Peace Council, Political parties, Civil Society Organisations, religious organisations and all well-meaning Ghanaians to roundly condemn the death threats issued against Manasseh and other journalists in the country.

GJA then urged media partners, both national and international, including the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the Federation of African Journalists (FAJ) and Rapporteur San Frontier (Reporters Without Borders) to condemn the death threats against journalists in Ghana.

Read the full statement below:

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has received disturbing reports of death threats issued against freelance investigative journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni, from someone believed to be a political fanatic aggrieved by an opinion piece written by the award-winning journalist on the outcome of the 2020 elections.

We have also received similar reports of death threats against other journalists across the country by politically-connected persons. This is the latest of a series of death threats issued against Manasseh in the past few years. But the venom in the latest death notice served on him via email is poisonous enough to snuff life, and for which reason the GJA wishes to sound the alarm bell for all to respond.

The GJA totally condemns such barbaric contemplation, machination, orchestration, plot and scheme, whether individually inspired or collectively conspired, to kill a journalist for discharging a lawful mandate guaranteed by the 1992 Constitution of the Republic of Ghana.

Given the growing dearth of tolerance in our body politic and penchant by some people to resort to brutality especially against journalists; given the reference to the gruesome murder of Ahmed Suale made by the threat or to inform Manasseh about the fate that awaits him anytime he picked his pen to write, and given the fact that the evil-minded person issued the death threat against Manasseh on Christmas Day, a day that marks the celebration of life of Jesus Christ, the Savior, and on which day goodwill abounds from mankind, this barbaric act of intent must be put to death by getting to the bottom of it and dealing with the culprit decisively.

In regard to the foregoing, we call on the Ghana Police Service to investigate, arrest, and prosecute the suspect as swiftly and decisively as possible. We also call on the police to provide adequate security to Manasseh and other journalists across the country who have similarly received death threats. We believe the seriousness the police attaches to these matters will help calm the nerves of journalists in particular,

Ghanaians in general and foreigners resident in the country about their safety and security.

The GJA calls on the President, who is the Commander-in-Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces, to condemn the death threats against journalists and give a firm assurance about their safety and security. We also call on the National Peace Council, political parties, civil society organizations, religious organizations and all well-meaning Ghanaians to roundly condemn the death threats issued against Manasseh and other journalists in the country.

We also urge our media partners, both national and international, including the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the Federation of African Journalists (FAJ) and Rapporteur San Frontier (Reporters Without Borders) to condemn the death threats against journalists in Ghana.

We wish to bring to the attention of our national and international media partners that, although Ghana is touted as a beacon of democracy in Africa, the death nail is being driven hard into the coffin of free speech and press freedom, which are cardinal functionaries of democracy.

And it is time to halt the Pall Bearers from carrying the casket of free speech and press freedom to the graveyard, while we attempt to resurrect same from death.

Kofi Yeboah

(General Secretary)

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