Found inside – Page 20If ; people are appalled I lose this case , I'll be to see that the tomb ruined . ... Through his tears , Mur- contempt of court . Found inside – Page 129papers in the study to show differences in The first case study describes the denews practices . portation of Bankole Timothy ... the second destopped five news categories used in the study cribes contempt of court proceedings brought with 45 ... Weaknesses noted in news relationship in Ghana between 1957 and 1962 . coverage were ( 1 ) lack of information in It is generalized that press actions might ... Found inside – Page 32Attorney General Victor Owusu argued that the article tended to bring the High Court into contempt , and to prejudice the ... Ghanaian press gave extensive attention to the case , describing it as the first direct clash between the government and ... Found inside – Page 515Incorporating Customary Arbitration, Contempt of Court, Judicial Review S. A. Brobbey. concluded . Such publications tend to negate most or all of the attributes of fair trial and justice generally . Trial by the media This is particularly the case ... Found inside – Page 321This was a case in which contempt proceedings were brought in the King's Bench Division in respect of an appeal then ... general conclusions affecting the jurisdiction of the courts in contempt , it is referable only to contempt ex facie curiae ( out of court ) as ... I will therefore confine myself to making a few brief observations that may be of some use to the press generally and to the contemnors particularly . Found inside – Page 279The press reported that hundreds of women accused of witchcraft were sent to penal ... The journalists in the contempt of court cases served 1 month ... Found inside – Page 32Attorney General Victor Owusu argued that the article tended to bring the High Court into contempt , and to prejudice the public ... The Ghanaian press gave extensive attention to the case , describing it as the first direct clash between the ... Found inside – Page 487The applicant must satisfy the court that contempt of court has been committed by the respondent . Mens rea in contempt cases Since the essence of the offence of contempt of court is interference with the due administration of justice , it is no defence in a case of contempt of ... ( 1954 ) i All E.R. 1026 . observed that the English cases of Odham's Press Ltd .; Ofences Against the Administration of Justice 487. Found inside – Page 48The dismissals also came not long before the Ghana Press Council was officially inaugurated on January 11 , 1968 , by the same Osei - Bonsu who ... on National Affairs , ” were arraigned before an Accra High Court presided over by Chief Justice E . Akufo - Addo and charged with contempt of court . ... in hearing cases . Found inside – Page 183to free speech , to which every individual Ghanaian was entitled . So held the High Court in 1968 in a famous case presided over by the then chief justice . ... These restrictions relate mainly to ( 1 ) criminal libel , ( 2 ) contempt , ( 3 ) sedition , ( 4 ) publication of false news , ( 5 ) defamation of the president , ( 6 ) obscenity , and ( 7 ) the tort of ... The Liberty Press , ( 1968 ) Ghana Law Reports 123 . 10. Found inside – Page 131In addition to the traditional broadcast media, social media platforms also provided ... Knowledge Deficits, Pushing the Boundaries, and Contempt of Court A ... Found inside – Page 201It made no special laws to govern the media, but in 1982 it abolished the Press ... brings the government into disrepute or contempt or causes disaffection. Found insideOf significant interest was the criminal libel law that the NDC administration found useful in curbing the unbridled intrusion of the media. Found inside – Page 388... of which appeared in the Nkrumah press . There were also a few successful prosecutions for sedition , for publishing false news and for contempt of court . These court cases , some involving heavy damages , others involving imprisonment ... Found insidePresident Tubman's Press secretary , in a statement to - day , described as “ regrettable and unfortunate Dr. Nkrumah's reported ... Krobo Edusei , former Minister of the - Interior , and the Commissioner of Police from all penalties for contempt of court in a case concerning the deportation of four ... Mr . Nehru and Dr. Nkrumah yesterday continued the private talks that are being held during the Ghana Prime ... Found inside – Page 53Another law was passed in May 1964 to restrict the movement of people who could not ... Press Association (CPA) waded in because of Bankole Timothy's case, ... Found inside – Page 5LAW / ETHICS The Press And Contempt By Justice S. A. Brobbey The following is an excerpt from One may also want to compare Judiciary ... phenomBrobbey on the Judiciary and the our press on Dr. Beckley with the enon . Press . The paper was delivered at case of one Malik in R. v . ... At a going that two conflicting situations Ghana organised by the School of time that Malik was awaiting trial do exist . Found inside – Page 101On March 5 , Gaye was charged in a Banjul court with operating a radio station without a license under the 1913 ... Nevertheless , Ghana's vibrant private press is expected to continue to cover the full range of issues and views in the run - up ... Political prisoners languish behind bars , and the judiciary is less than independent , especially in media - related cases . ... prison terms for contempt of court , and the journalists ' publishers were fined US $ 3,000 each , in a lawsuit brought by ... Found inside – Page 91The case against the two editors was this : the previous year their newspapers , the Statesman and the Guide , respectively ... Those stories led to contempt of court charges and , consequently , fines and prison sentences for Attah and Baako . Found inside – Page 63There may , therefore , be the need in clear cases , in such situations , to commit offenders for contempt of court even here it is doubtful if a custodial sentence is justifiable . But this can hardly be said of cases before a judge of the superior ... Found inside – Page 5The press in Ghana is deceptively our laws , even truth is no defense . free . Free on paper , but not exactly Damfopa , where it not for the law of CPJ ... Found inside – Page 3NKRUMAH GIVES REASONS FOR SPECIAL DEPORTATION ACT After a heated debate , the National Assembly gave ... The Ghana Government considers it necessary in the public interest that both men should be deported , and they have both ... made on the integrity of Mr. Justice Smith , the Judge of the High Court of Ghana , before whom the cases are now being heard . Some of these attacks are subject to proceedings for contempt of Court and it would therefore be wrong for any ... Found inside – Page 6Members of this commission are Mr. Justice C. S. Acolatse , a Judge of the Supreme Court ( Chairman ) , Mr. Sackey Scheck ... a regional conference of Ribeiro - Ayeh , Director of the Ghana Unithe Alliance . versities Press ( Chairman ) , Mr. R. R. ... the Director of Sports in taking major decisions affecting the organisation and promotion of sports in Ghana Members of ... Correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph , in a contempt of court case against him by the former Government . Found insideUnfortunately, incidents of hate speech and harassment against journalists and their media organizations continue to be part of Ghana's media landscape. Found inside – Page 22In an Accra Court , Justice Owusu not replace outdated colonial press laws to The courts have become the Sekyere ... con Press , in the libel case mentioned above Responding to the story by a Ghanaian victed Baako and Atta of contempt ... Found inside – Page 50Ghana Government and the Press Mr. Ian Colvin , special correspondent of the Daily Telegraph , was on September 13 ... In both cases the charge of contempt arose from reports of court proceedings at Kumasi concerning the deportation of ... Found inside – Page 154The Defendant and the Free Press newspaper were arraigned before the Supreme Court for scandalizing the Court . ... A dissenting and probably troubled Justice Adade concluded that “ a case for contempt had not been made at all . Found inside – Page 6Blackstone wrote that was vourable to the govern the Ghana press has conof ... and blished in Ghana and em . lence a dreary procession contempt of court ... Found inside – Page 26Media Transformations in Emerging Democracies Isaac A. Blankson, ... Since 2000, the majority of contempt of court con- victions in Ghana have been against ... Found inside – Page 64In the case of Re Onny ( Contemnor ) , 44 a dispute concerning Ghana Society of Religious Liberals was pending . ... The Principal Secretary was eventually convicted for contempt of court , the court holding that by the letter of withdrawal , the Principal Secretary conducted himself with the intention of ... The issue of lack of intent has mainly been raised in cases involving disobedience to court orders . Found inside – Page 89the courts ” .78 Examples of such countries are Egypt , Sudan , Kenya and Zimbabwe . In Ghana some journalists of the private independent press have been jailed for contempt of court ; while others are on trial for " criminally ” libelling the ... Found inside – Page 333In the year following the march and speech, the city was plagued by incidents of violence against black people and political opponents, culminating in the ... Found inside – Page 93Media , the Law and Perceptions of Judicial Complicity The Ghanaian media's ... A number of criminal libel cases tended to spawn ' contempt of court charges ... Found inside – Page 82In its present form , Ghana's law of criminal contempt poses a serious hindrance to the freedom and ability of the press ... This is illustrated by the Mensah Bonsu Case , a case decided by the Ghana Supreme Court in February 1995. ... trial involving a local celebrity , the proceedings of which the judge had , without making any special factual findings or assigning reasons , ordered the media not to report . 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