General News of Saturday, 16 March 2019Source: Myjoyonline.comCrack the whip on officers who assaulted 3 journalists – CHRAJ to IGPCHRAJ Boss, Joseph WhittalThe Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has called on the Inspector General Police (IGP) to investigate and deal with the group of officers who assaulted three journalists from the Ghanaian Times newspaper, Thursday. This the statement added, will serve as a deterrent to others and reassure Ghanaians that police officers are not above the law. Ten police officers, who were unhappy about the filming and ensuing exchanges between the journalists’ driver and the police motor rider, and in attempt to cease the recording device, pounced on the journalists and assaulted them. ViolationCHRAJ observed these actions involving the use of excessive and unreasonable force by the police is clear evidence of human rights violation which Article 15 (1) and (2) of the 1992 Constitution abhors. “Ghana’s human Rights Commission, CHRAJ, has had occasion to caution the Ghana Police Service over and over again to exercise restraint or to be judicious when handling human beings but to no avail.

Source: GhanaWeb March 16, 2019 16:41 UTC