Accusing Without Proof In a Time of Mourning Is Not Journalism, It’s Cruelty
By any democratic measure, the abduction of a journalist is alarming. It strikes at the heart of media freedom, chills public discourse, and threatens the press’s ability to speak truth to power. The reported abduction of Ghanaian broadcast journalist Akyemkwaa Nana Kofi Asare by unknown gunmen in Ejisu Krapa within the Ashanti Region on Tuesday, August 12, 2025, is no exception. A free press is a non-negotiable pillar of democracy.
And yet, as we condemn his abduction, we cannot — and must not — ignore a painful truth: Kofi Asare’s own conduct, just days before his abduction, was a shameful dereliction of the most basic human decency required of a journalist.
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