The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) is calling for an end to brutalities and respect for the fundamental Human Rights of Journalists and citizens.
The Party is worried about the incessant brutalities the Police and some members from the National Security meted out to innocent citizens in the country especially on journalists.
More worrying is the recent arrest and alleged torture of CITIFM Journalist Caleb Kuda and Zoe at the premises of Citi Fm and security custody respectively.
The alleged torture the PPP says is one of the numerous incidences of such impunity among security operatives in recent past and it is sad to note that it will not be the last since nothing is being done to prevent such inhumane act and human rights abuses from happening again in the country.
A statement by the National Chairman of the Party Nana Ofori Owusu says the PPP wants an independent investigation conducted into what it describes as the unprofessional arrest and alleged torture of Caleb Kudah and bring unprofessional officers of the National Security who will be found culpable to book.
To prevent future brutalities on persons in custody, the Party suggested that CCTV cameras should be provided in all interrogation rooms for supervision and make it a punishable offence for any security personnel who interrogate a suspect outside of such camera fitted interrogation rooms.
It also wants government to implement fully, aspects of the recommendations of the Emil Short Commission report that government’s white paper admitted and punish all persons who were deemed to have acted unprofessionally.
It also wants the implementation of the report of the constitutional review committee to ensure the absolute powers of the executive is reduced so citizens can have good governance and proper accountability from the state.
They further demanded a separation of the Attorney General from the Ministry of Justice(MoJ).
This separation will allow the total independence of the Attorney-General to prosecute cases in the public interest without fear or favour.
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