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    <title>IFEX - Ghana</title>
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    <description>Ghana</description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:00:34 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ghana - National security officials violently assault photojournalists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2012/01/16/lawson_assaulted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Armed operatives of the national intelligence agency violently assaulted Gifty Lawson as she attempted to cover the bail hearing of a senior police officer who was a prime suspect in a missing cocaine scandal that hit the country.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ghana - Journalists attacked by angry mob]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2011/12/02/journalists_assaulted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Angry youth mounted roadblocks, dug trenches and burnt tyres to protest the poor condition of the Takoradi main habour road. A number of journalists were caught in the violence.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2011/12/02/journalists_assaulted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ghana - Newspaper reporter receives death threats]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2011/10/17/amoako_death_threat/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Thugs threatened to "shoot and kill" Fred Tettey Alarti-Amoako, "anytime, anywhere they meet him," following the publication of an article critical of the paramount chief Nana Bosomprah.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 09:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2011/10/17/amoako_death_threat/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ghana - Police arrest two demonstrators]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2011/10/12/ndc_arrests/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Arrested for allegedly organising a demonstration without police permission, Hajia Sherifatu Sulley and Hajia Fati Alhassan were granted bail.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2011/10/12/ndc_arrests/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ghana - Journalists intimidated, prevented from covering trial]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2011/09/16/narco_case/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A crowd of sympathisers of Abubakari Nallah intimidated and prevented a group of journalists from covering the trial of Nallah and nine officials of the Narcotic Control Board at an Accra High Court on 9 September.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2011/09/16/narco_case/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ghana - Newspaper suspended, journalists and publishers fined in defamation case]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2011/08/12/the_chronicle_sentence/</link>
      <description><![CDATA["The Chronicle" had accused Prof. Nokoe and Daniel Gyimah, then Chairman of the University Council, of underhanded dealings in the acquisition of a hostel facility. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2011/08/12/the_chronicle_sentence/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ghana - Pastors assault radio journalists, vandalise station
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2011/08/11/hotfm_attacked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The pastors stormed the studios of Hot FM to protest their exclusion from a current affairs programme.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2011/08/11/hotfm_attacked/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ghana - Police arrest ruling party demonstrators
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2011/08/08/volta_protesters_arrested/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A spokesperson for the group told MFWA that two of the protesters were roughed up by police for resisting the unlawful arrest.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 11:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2011/08/08/volta_protesters_arrested/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ghana - Newspaper journalist attacked]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2011/08/02/nyaaba_assaulted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Felix Nyaaba was violently assaulted by supporters of King Latse II at the Accra High Court for photographing the king and his entourage.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ghana - Police assault sports journalists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2011/07/27/shardow_assaulted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Police officers prevented a group of journalists accredited to cover a football match from entering the inner perimeter of the stadium, and went on to assault several of them.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 10:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2011/07/27/shardow_assaulted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ghana - National security officials raid movie distribution company, seize copies of film 
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2011/06/16/nyankonton_films_raid/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The movie was suspected of discrediting President John Evans Atta Mills.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2011/06/16/nyankonton_films_raid/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ghana - Police detain Ivorian journalist
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2011/06/07/hue_detained/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gooré Bi Hué had gone to the Ivorian Refugee Camp in Elubo, a border town in Ghana, to prepare a report, when he was assaulted and detained by local police.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 12:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2011/06/07/hue_detained/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ghana - Four lawyers blacklisted over judicial corruption allegations]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2011/05/26/lawyers_blacklisted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[At a recent round table discussion, Raymond Atuguba, David Annan, Abraham Amaliba and Larry Bimi gave credence to several research findings claiming the judiciary was one of the most corrupt institutions in the country. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 09:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2011/05/26/lawyers_blacklisted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ghana - Radio journalist harassed, prevented from working]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2011/05/17/odame_harassed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In recent months there have been many cases of national security personnel interfering with journalists reporting on issues involving security agencies, according to MFWA.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 16:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2011/05/17/odame_harassed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ghana - Police detain photojournalist, delete photographs]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2011/05/09/boateng_harassed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Takyi Boateng says he is shocked by the behaviour of the policemen who detained him at the station as he had produced his press card and sought permission from the court's registrar before he began photographing.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 12:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ghana - Reporter detained, roughed up, after photographing crackdown on street vendors]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2011/04/11/nonor_detained/</link>
      <description><![CDATA["The Chronicle" reported that Nonor was roughed up by guards and dragged into their vehicle, along with street vendors, and taken to AMA offices, where they were detained.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2011/04/11/nonor_detained/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ghana - Newspaper editor detained, released without charge
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2011/03/18/prah_detained/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Prince Prah was interrogated on a wide range of issues, including the source for a story he published on an alleged massive shake-up at the top hierarchy of the military. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ghana - Police arrest five demonstrating teachers, thwart demonstration]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2011/03/17/demonstrating_teachers/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Five members of the Ghana National Association of Teachers were detained and released the same day, after protesting a new pay policy for public service workers.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 15:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2011/03/17/demonstrating_teachers/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ghana - MP who threatened editor summoned by police]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2011/03/15/threats_against_editor/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Opposition politician Kennedy Agyapong was reportedly asked to submit a written statement to police. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 09:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2011/03/15/threats_against_editor/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ghana - Politician threatens to kill newspaper editor over drug trafficking allegations]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2011/02/24/bature_threatened/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The opposition MP made the remarks on a local radio station after he was implicated by Alhaji Bature Iddrisu in a 2006 narcotics case.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 10:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2011/02/24/bature_threatened/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ghana - Police manhandle members of Right to Information Coalition during protest]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2011/02/09/rti_protestors/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The protesters were demonstrating over the long delay in passing the RTI bill into law. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 08:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2011/02/09/rti_protestors/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ghana - Anti-piracy task force seizes equipment from five radio stations]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2011/01/24/icmt_seizes_equipment/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Five radio stations were forced off the air for several hours after their broadcasting equipment was seized by personnel from the Interim Copyright Management Team.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2011/01/24/icmt_seizes_equipment/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ghana - Radio journalist assaulted, briefly detained by election security team]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2011/01/04/kpambe_assualted_arrested/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Issah Murtala Kpambe was violently assaulted while covering events at a polling station, then briefly detained without being told what offence he had committed. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 09:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2011/01/04/kpambe_assualted_arrested/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ghana - Court issues arrest warrant for radio journalist]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2010/12/20/prince_william_baffour_detained/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Journalist Prince William Baffour was previously detained by police and charged with "publishing information with the intention to cause fear or harm to the public or to disturb the public peace."]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 16:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2010/12/20/prince_william_baffour_detained/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ghana - Prison officers storm radio station, assault staff]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2010/09/20/otec_fm_raided/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Officers entered the premises of privately-owned OTEC FM and assaulted two staff members.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 12:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2010/09/20/otec_fm_raided/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ghana - Radio journalist hospitalised following assault by ruling party supporters ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2010/09/10/afriyea_attacked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Afriyea was gasping for breath, lying on one side and could only move his head at the time I visited him in hospital," the journalist's colleague said.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2010/09/10/afriyea_attacked/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ghana - Former president hails historic repeal of criminal libel law]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2010/08/12/libel_law_repeal/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2010/08/12/libel_law_repeal/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Gambia - Ghanaians protest against President Jammeh of The Gambia
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/the_gambia/2010/07/28/protest_jammeh/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The protest was part of activities organised to mark the 16th anniversary of President Yahya Jammeh's Coup d'État on 22 July 1994.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/the_gambia/2010/07/28/protest_jammeh/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ghana - Another editor summoned over story police claim "undermines their image"]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2010/07/27/ashon_summoned/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The GJA called on police to use constitutional means to address grievances they may have against journalists and the media.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2010/07/27/ashon_summoned/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ghana - News editor charged for "publishing false information"]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2010/07/20/dadzie_criminal_charges/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Ato Kwamena Dadzie, news editor of Joy FM, was charged for refusing to reveal the station's sources of information for a 5 July news item.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2010/07/20/dadzie_criminal_charges/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ghana - Journalist briefly detained, manages to escape]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2010/07/15/mohammed_abducted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Dauda Mohammed was reportedly abducted by unidentified men for photographing a private mansion of former president Jerry John Rawlings.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2010/07/15/mohammed_abducted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ghana - North Star radio station attacked by ruling party sympathisers]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2010/06/21/north_star/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[An NDC spokesperson said they had met with station management and would conduct an investigation into the matter.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2010/06/21/north_star/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ghana - Pressure group sues government over monitoring device that "undermines" free expression]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2010/06/08/information_monitoring_device/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Alliance for Accountable Governance said that the ISMS device could be used to tap into online bank accounts and internet communication of all mobile phone and internet users in the country.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2010/06/08/information_monitoring_device/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ghana - State-owned newspaper photographer assaulted ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2010/06/08/asmah_assaulted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Rockson Asmah was assaulted by a 39 year-old business woman after she asked him to photograph her.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 11:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2010/06/08/asmah_assaulted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ghana - Opposition party sympathiser arrested for calling President Mills a "chimpanzee"]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2010/05/28/gyamfi_arrested/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[After the intervention of President John Atta Mills, all charges against NPP sympathiser Alexander Adu Gyamfi were dropped.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 13:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2010/05/28/gyamfi_arrested/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ghana - Youth group threatens journalist, radio station ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2010/03/25/journalist_threatened/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The threat came after journalist Ato Kwamena Dadzie commented on a feud between the Ashanti king and another traditional chief.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2010/03/25/journalist_threatened/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ghana - Newspaper wins seven year old defamation case]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2010/03/03/defamation_charges_dropped/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A five-member panel unanimously dismissed the defamation charges brought by a traditional chief against "The Daily Dispatch". ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2010/03/03/defamation_charges_dropped/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ghana - Opposition party sympathiser granted bail]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2010/02/22/darkwa_charged/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Nana Darkwa was arrested for allegedly implicating Ghana's former president Jerry John Rawlings in a fire that gutted Rawlings' house.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2010/02/22/darkwa_charged/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ghana - ARTICLE 19 recommends changes to proposed access to information law]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2010/02/08/information_access/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Although the draft law contains positive features, it suffers from unclear and broad exception clauses among other issues, says ARTICLE 19.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2010/02/08/information_access/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ghana - Newspaper reporter attacked]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2010/02/05/cephas_assaulted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Jos Garneo Cephas was reportedly assaulted after photographing five military personnel standing trial for murder. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2010/02/05/cephas_assaulted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ghana - Investigation launched into journalist mistreatment allegation]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2010/02/05/donkor_investigation/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[James Donkor was detained after attempting to photograph a man whom police had allegedly tied to an electric pole for "disrespecting them."]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2010/02/05/donkor_investigation/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ghana - "Daily Guide" newspaper wins defamation case ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2010/02/03/newspaper_victory/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[An Accra High Court dismissed a four-year-old defamation suit brought against Akosua, a cartoonist with the "Daily Guide" newspaper. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2010/02/03/newspaper_victory/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ghana - Newspaper photojournalist detained, severely assaulted]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2010/01/29/kubi_assaulted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Photographer Emmanuel Kubi, who was covering the trial of four murder convicts, was locked up with the convicts and other criminals.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2010/01/29/kubi_assaulted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ghana - Hundreds to march in support of Right to Information Bill]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2010/01/27/right_to_information_march/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Apart from raising awareness, the march will highlight the need for a thorough revision of draft bill to ensure that it complies with international best practice standards.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2010/01/27/right_to_information_march/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ghana - Ruling party supporters assault journalists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2009/12/16/journalists_assaulted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The journalists were attacked while they were covering an awards ceremony in Sunyani, the capital of the Brong-Ahafo region.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2009/12/16/journalists_assaulted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ghana - Two reporters attacked while covering trial of police officers]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2009/11/23/darko_and_essandoh_attacked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Journalists Sammy Darko and Cynthia Essandoh were attacked while covering the trial of six policemen and their civilian accomplices.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2009/11/23/darko_and_essandoh_attacked/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ghana - Police assault radio journalist and briefly detain him]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2009/11/12/donkor_detained/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The journalist, who had photographed a man the policemen had allegedly tied to an electric pole, was accused of "disrespecting" the police officers.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2009/11/12/donkor_detained/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ghana - Cabinet approves Right to Information Bill]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2009/11/11/cabinet_approves_rti_bill/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[MFWA is pleased with this development and reiterates its position that RTI encourages accountability through transparency.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ghana - Soccer fans attack radio commentator]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2009/11/10/ntow_assaulted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On 8 November 2009, Real Tamale United supporters assaulted reporter Kwabena Ntow for alleged biased reporting about their club. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2009/11/10/ntow_assaulted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ghana - Two photojournalists assaulted]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2009/09/21/davidston_and_kubi_assaulted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The victims were attacked by supporters of a suspected drug smuggler.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ghana/2009/09/21/davidston_and_kubi_assaulted/</guid>
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