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Press win — CPJ: Under Ghana’s President Mahama, near-total impunity for attacks on 17 journalists

When Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama took office in January 2025, pledging to restore “an era of true media freedom,” journalists had reason to hope that attacks on the press would be taken more seriously than before. But during Mahama’s tenure, CPJ has documented eight separate incidents in which at least 17 journalists were attacked... [watchdog_win:freed]

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    Committee to Protect Journalists

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    https://cpj.org/2026/06/under-ghanas-president-mahama-near-total-impunity-for-attacks-on-17-journalists/
    When Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama took office in January 2025, pledging to restore “an era of true media freedom,” journalists had reason to hope that attacks on the press would be taken more seriously than before. But during Mahama’s tenure, CPJ has documented eight separate incidents in which at least 17 journalists were attacked...