Killed journalists, left, Khashoggi, and right, Hussein-Suale
World leaders and the most powerful people are no longer ashamed to lie or commit clandestine crimes.
They have come to the point of claiming lies with pride because, without lies,
your world will be full of enemies, and without lies, you can’t be ‘successful’
in every position you occupy.
The world is in the
hands of an empire of corruptible, deceitful leaders, influenced by power and
money; they have declared war on the truth, making sure to kill anyone,
including journalists, who come their way, to cover up their devilish schemes
and build consensus.
It’s not an exaggeration that journalism is now a dangerous profession. Journalists don’t
carry a gun, just a mere pen, yet they are the most feared people in society by
corruptible politicians and criminals because they consider journalists a
threat.
Many hate
journalists to the extent that in the year 2018, 80 of them were killed in
different places worldwide: 15 registered in Afghanistan, 11 in Syria, 9 in
Mexico, 8 in Yemen, and six in India.
The killing of Saudi
journalist and dissident Jamal Khashoggi reveals how money rules and commits
crimes in this world with impunity.
On November 15, the
Saudi Arabia prosecutor's office indicted 11 people for the murder of
journalist Khashoggi, believed to be authorized by the Saudi royal family.
Khashoggi, a
contributor to the Washington Post, had gone to the consulate to collect some
documents but never came out from the place alive. His girlfriend reported his
disappearance after waiting for him outside the building for eleven hours,
until the offices closed.
Khashoggi had
advised her to notify an adviser to the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip
Erdogan, if he did not come back. At the entrance to the consulate, the
journalist had been forced to leave his cell phone.
Who is Jamal Khashoggi?
A former adviser to
the Saudi government, Khashoggi decided to exile himself in the United States
in 2017, for fear of a possible arrest, after criticizing some decisions of the
Saudi crown prince, as well as Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman.
The journalist had
also expressed several criticisms of Riyadh's military intervention in Yemen.
Khashoggi had repeatedly reported intimidation, arrests, and attacks on
journalists, intellectuals, and religious leaders not aligned with the Saudi
royal house.
Since Khashoggi refused to enter Saudi Arabia, his assassination was plotted at the Saudi
Consulate in Turkey.
The Killing of the Ghanaian Journalist, Ahmed
Hussein-Suale
In my beloved Ghana,
Ahmed Hussein-Suale, a journalist who used to be one of the investigators at
Tiger Eye, a private investigative team financed by Anas Aremeyaw Anas, a
Ghanaian investigative journalist, was brutally assassinated by unknown assailants on January 16, 2019, in the neighborhood of
Accra. Why was this journalist
killed?
Ahmed Hussein-Suale
and his boss, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, have been investigating massive corruption in
Ghana, involving high Ghanaian government officials. An example of such a
corruption scandal is Ghana’s football, involving Kwesi Nyantakyi, resulting in
his ban from the sport for life.
Many know Ghana for
two important reasons: firstly, it gained independence in 1957, with Kwame Nkrumah
as the first leader, and secondly, it's a peaceful country. What many don't
know is that Ghana is one of the most corrupt countries in Africa, where nothing works in the country, including its judicial system.
The senseless killing of the journalist, other killings, and kidnappings now add Ghana's
name to the list of possibly dangerous and truth-suppressing countries. After the long silence of Mr. Hussein-Suale's death, the Ghana media reported the
suspected killer's arrest.
Like many lawless
countries around the world, money is the compromise of truth in Ghana. Without
the dollar, you can't get the justice you deserve. Many Ghanaians wake up
without hope or means because the political atmosphere in the country is not
for the common people.
I believe Ghanaians
wouldn't have cared about the NPP or NDC if the people had jobs, the economy
were flexible, and prices of commodities were moderate. Why? Because throughout
Europe, the majority don't care about political parties in power since the economy is good and everyone lives well.
It's hard to
understand the closure of radio stations in a country that claims to follow democracy. This is another form of suppressing information or restricting
the activities of journalists in any advanced country.
Trump has called
much media fake, yet he knows it's against the principles of democracy to shut
down television or radio stations. If the media goes against the law, they can
be fined or penalized, but shutting down a media house or station is only
experienced in a dictatorship of government.
I can understand the
efforts of the government in a country that was in the hands of the opposition
party for many years, but many are disappointed that Nana Akufo-Addo appointed an unfamiliar large number of ministers in Ghana's political
history, hoping that it will ease their suffering in time.
Even though many
journalists have been killed around the world, including in Ghana, no one can stop
journalists from active duty. They can be killed, but no one can kill the
truth. The truth will always be there to stare directly into your eyes forever.