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Ghana
Campaigns and Advocacy
12 August 2010
Former president hails historic repeal of criminal libel law
Ghana's former President, John Agyekum Kufuor, said that history had vindicated his government for the repeal of the criminal libel laws that were used to jail journalists.
28 July 2010
Ghanaians protest against President Jammeh of The Gambia
The protest was part of activities organised to mark the 16th anniversary of President Yahya Jammeh's Coup d'État on 22 July 1994.
From the Communiqué
17 November 2004
MFWA PUBLISHES BOOK ON GHANA MEDIA LAWS
Researching Ghana's laws pertaining to media and freedom of expression should now be easier thanks to a new reference guide published by the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA). The IFEX member has just launched "Legislation on Media, Speech and Expression in Ghana: A Source Book."
26 June 2001
PROCESS TO ELIMINATE CRIMINAL LIBEL BEGINS
Ghana has begun the process to remove criminal libel from its statute books, report the West African Journalists Association (WAJA) and ARTICLE 19. The bill that would repeal the law on seditious libel was published in the official gazette on 8 June, according to WAJA. The bill must still go through three readings in parliament before becoming law. Repeal of the criminal libel law was a campaign promise of the new government, elected in December 2000. The former government used the law on several occasions to harass journalists, notes WAJA.
8 February 2000
WAJA PRESIDENT FACES POSSIBLE SEDITION CHARGES
On 3 February, Kabral Blay-Amihere, president of the West African Journalists Association (WAJA), executive member of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and editor of "The Independent", was summoned to the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ghana Police on possible charges of sedition, reports WAJA and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). The investigation was related to an editorial that Blay-Amihere wrote and published in "The Independent" on 11 January about the military. The article urged the public to boycott "the traditional 31 December military parade, describing it as a relic from the days when the army controlled all state agencies and affairs in Ghana," says CPJ. WAJA reports that "under Ghana's Criminal Code of 1960, any person found guilty of sedition faces a minimum prison sentence of five years." Blay-Amihere was released after several hours of interrogation.See all articles: Ghana
Reports
8 January 2009
SPEAKING OUT FOR FREE EXPRESSION 1987-2007 AND BEYOND: Ghana 
27 February 2008
Freedom of the Press 2007: Ghana
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