General News of Tuesday, 2 March 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comThere’s no justification for undermining media freedom – IDEGplay videoHead of Advocacy and Institutional Affairs at IDEG, Kwasi JonahA Research Fellow and Head of Advocacy and Institutional Affairs at the Institute of Democratic Governance, Mr Kwasi Jonah has reaffirmed the need for freedom of media practice in the country. In his own words: “the IDEG position is that nothing should be done to undermine media freedoms. Nothing will justify undermining media freedom and anything undue limitations on the freedom to report accurately political developments in our country must not be encouraged. So, we support fully the freedom of the media to cover events truthfully and accurately. The media was also ordered to pull down or cause the deletion of such publications or risk “appropriate action.”The Ghana Journalist in Association in response to the letter described it as scandalous and an assault on media freedom.

Source: GhanaWeb March 02, 2021 16:55 UTC