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General News of Monday, 1 July 2019

Source: mynewsgh.com

ModernGhana Journalists were tortured with electric shock - Manasseh reveals

Manasseh Azuri Awuni Manasseh Azuri Awuni

Manasseh Azuri Awuni, has revealed that two journalists with online portal, ModernGhana who were arrested by operatives of the National Security were subjected to various forms of torture including electric shock.

The investigative journalist who disclosed this after an interaction with the arrested journalists, added that they were slapped and tortured with electric shock and subjected to physical assaults in their interaction with him.

It would be recalled that deputy editor, Emmanuel Ajarfor Abugri, as well as Emmanuel Yeboah Britwum, a reporter were arrested by National Security operatives over a publication about the National Security Minister, Albert Kan Dapaah, and the ruling party’s Member of Parliament for Effutu constituency, Alexander Afenyo-Markin.

Mr. Manasseh Azuri Awuni indicates that the journalists upon their arrest, were made to delete two articles they had published about the National Security Minister, Albert Kan Dapaah, after which they were tortured and asked to confess who was behind those articles.

He wrote in a Facebook post;