Investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, has dared High Court Judge, Justice Paul Derry, to face him with the panel of judges selected by the Chief Justice, rather than resorting to the International Human Rights Court in Abuja to seek redress.<\/p>\n
The embattled high court judge, took to the courts, and subsequently to the International Human Rights Courts, praying it to among other things, find Anas Aremeyaw guilty for invading privacy and thereby breaching ethical standards in journalism.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”dbYUdOQcIdhgI6KGdICSTwLH4onYfcuG”]Speaking at the Distinguished Lecture Series organised by the Department of Communication Studies of the Central University Miotso Campus, on the topic, \u201cPutting the pieces together: The aftermath of the judiciary expos\u00e9\u201d, the ace Journalist defended his line of work which hinged on Naming, Shaming and Jailing.<\/p>\n
He noted that, following the expose that led to the interdiction of more than thirty high court and lower court judges, he is facing about seventy two lawsuits which according to him, \u2018\u2019 has challenged me for greater things to happen and the impact of my work is what matters.\u201d<\/p>\n
There has been concerns about his work with many who have been indicted citing unprofessionalism and breach of journalistic ethics.<\/p>\n
However, according to him, his style of journalism is rather saving the country from the hands of people who otherwise would have milked the state coffers dry.<\/p>\n
He added that, the way forward \u201clies on us because at least, we know that judges are great people; but we also know that they can be questioned when they go wrong\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cTen years from today; if the judiciary gets back to the position it was, all of us must be blamed. If we all keep a constant eye, we all will have a problem free or minimized corrupt judiciary,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Speaking on the sidelines of the Public Lecture, the President of Central University, Professor Kwesi Yankah, lauded the efforts of Anas Aremeyaw, for changing the face of journalism not only in Ghana; but also on the continent, and also for keeping a check on corruption in Ghana.<\/p>\n
Fresh lawsuit at Ecowas court<\/strong><\/p>\n Three embattled Ghanaian judges have filed a suit at the court of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), citing alleged violations of their human rights in Ghana.<\/p>\n Justice Paul Dery, Justice Mustapha Habib Logoh and Justice Gilbert Ayisi Addo, in a joint suit, named the Ghana Government, the Chief Justice of Ghana, the Ghana Judicial Council and the Attorney General of Ghana as the first, second, third and fourth respondents, respectively.<\/p>\n By the suit, the three justices are seeking the enforcement of their human rights which have been allegedly violated by the Ghana Government.<\/p>\n They are among other things seeking an order from the court to direct the Ghana Government to \u201cpay with interest full salaries and allowances which it unlawfully suspended since January, 2016 \u2013 arising out of a petition by Tiger Eye PI\/Anas Aremeyaw Anas\u2019 for their removal from office.”<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Lorrencia Nkrumah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, has dared High Court Judge, Justice Paul Derry, to face him with the panel of judges selected by the Chief Justice, rather than resorting to the International Human Rights Court in Abuja to seek redress. The embattled high court judge, took to the courts, and subsequently to the International Human […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10,11],"tags":[4307,3,4881],"yoast_head":"\n