{"id":449883,"date":"2017-12-24T19:34:39","date_gmt":"2017-12-24T19:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/24\/gja-condemns-assault-on-journalists-by-npp-macho-men\/"},"modified":"2017-12-24T19:34:39","modified_gmt":"2017-12-24T19:34:39","slug":"gja-condemns-assault-on-journalists-by-npp-macho-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/24\/gja-condemns-assault-on-journalists-by-npp-macho-men\/","title":{"rendered":"GJA condemns assault on Journalists by NPP \u2018macho men\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/84077820.295.jpg\" alt=\"Eben Assault.jpeg\" title=\"Eben Assault.jpeg\" width=\"295\" height=\"525\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>GhanaWeb&#8217;s cameraman was brutally beaten by some Macho men of the ruling NPP<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1514144079_41_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has condemned the attacks on some Journalists from GhanaWeb, TV3 and Citi FM by some Macho men of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) at the party\u2019s headquarters in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued on Sunday, December 24, 2017, the umbrella organisation representing Ghanaian Journalists says that under no circumstance in Ghana\u2019s democratic dispensation must a body, whether individual or corporate ignore the rule of law and employ brute to seek redress to a problem. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe attack by the NPP security personnel was an attack on human dignity, which is guaranteed under Article 15(1) of the 1992 constitution as inviolable\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>The statement further called on the leadership of the ruling party to bring the culprits to book to demonstrate its abhorrence of such dastardly act.  <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GhanaWeb&#8217;s cameraman was brutally beaten by some Macho men of the ruling NPP The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has condemned the attacks on some Journalists from GhanaWeb, TV3 and Citi FM by some Macho men of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) at the party\u2019s headquarters in Accra. 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