{"id":151779,"date":"2015-09-15T16:09:11","date_gmt":"2015-09-15T16:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=151779"},"modified":"2015-09-16T07:44:40","modified_gmt":"2015-09-16T07:44:40","slug":"blocking-anas-video-curtails-media-freedom-dr-dadzekpo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/09\/blocking-anas-video-curtails-media-freedom-dr-dadzekpo\/","title":{"rendered":"Blocking Anas video curtails media freedom \u2013 Prof. Gadzekpo"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dean of the School of Communication at the University of Ghana, Professor\u00a0Audrey Gadzekpo has described an injunction application against the airing of a video on judicial corruption as media censorship.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”bi3Q0sDsCIjL2a3un64bb0WiPsPSW3xe”]One of the implicated judges, Paul Derry is seeking a court order<\/a><\/strong><\/span> to prevent the airing of the video by Anas Aremeyaw Anas.<\/p>\n

Derry\u00a0argued that the intended public screening of the contents of the audio-visual recordings to the public is prejudicial to his\u00a0right to a fair hearing.<\/p>\n

But speaking to Citi News<\/strong>, Professor\u00a0Gadzekpo said the move contravenes media freedom.<\/p>\n

She said\u00a0\u201cAnas is a journalist and when he does stories he publishes them. We\u2019ve already seen his journalistic output, he\u2019s already serializing it in the newspapers.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c… In my view, his piece of journalistic work sticks into the tradition of investigative journalism. So I\u2019m having a hard time understanding how, particularly because chapter 12 of our Constitution clearly tells us that there shall be no fire, censorship of journalists how it is that you can have an injunction against an output of a journalist meant for public consumption?\u201d<\/p>\n

Professor\u00a0Gadzekpo said \u00a0the fact that the video will be premiered at the International Conference Center doesn\u2019t mean that it is not a piece of journalistic work saying “we need to separate the determination of journalism especially these days that it is evolving, you can disseminate your stories anywhere you want.\u201d<\/p>\n

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By: Godwin A. Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n

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