This follows several attacks on journalists in their line of duty.
In a bid to register a unified displeasure, the UPDN says it is poised for a peaceful demonstration today which is scheduled to start from the National Theatre.
Kelvin Malor is Coordinator for the group speaking to Class News said: “it’s just going to be a demonstration where we carry placards with messages…The reason for this demonstration is the recent brutalities meted out to media persons which has become rampant.”
In October, a journalist with Accra-based Top FM, Emmanuel Sackey, was assaulted by members of the pro-National Democratic Congress (NDC) vigilante group The Hawks.
The alleged assault occurred at Gomoa Fetteh during the election of the party's Youth and Woman Organisers.
Mr Kwesi Parker Wilson, a journalist with Accra-based Joy FM, was also on Monday, 29 October 2018 assaulted by a member of the security detail of ex-president John Mahama while he was covering the former president’s campaign in the Greater Accra Region.
In March this year, Accra-based Joy News’ Latif Iddris was subjected to severe beatings at the Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service.
These attacks coupled with a lot more in the past has necessitated the action by members of the UPDN. Read Full Story
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