In Memory Of Our Brother Ahmed Hussein-Suale

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Today we honour the memory of our brother Ahmed Hussein-Suale and pledge our solidarity, support and unending commitment to standing with you all to demand justice and for an end to impunity.

Our brother Ahmed Hussein-Suale was a brave investigative journalist who shed light on the darkness of corruption in Ghana and who paid the ultimate price for his work – telling citizens the truth – as a journalist.

On behalf of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), I want to honour his memory and work as a shining example of the mission of journalism.

That’s important but it’s not enough. As we mark this second anniversary of his murder,  the material and intellectual perpetrators of this heinous crime remain free. This is unacceptable. I want to reaffirm the IFJ’s commitment to fight for justice for our colleague and support the Ghana Journalists’ Association in all its efforts to put Ahmed’s assassins behind bars.

As the world’s largest organization of journalists, we cannot let any crime against a media worker go unpunished. Impunity is a passport to more violence and attacks against our colleagues. Two years ago year they killed Ahmed, but how can we guarantee that tomorrow another sister or brother will not be killed when the perpetrators of these crimes know they will remain unpunished? For the memory of our murdered comrades, and for the safety of Ghanaian journalists and the future of journalism in the country, we must all say no to impunity.

The IFJ, along with its affiliates all over the world, reports and monitors the investigations of every killed journalist wherever they happened and pushes the authorities to deliver justice. As the IFJ General Secretary, I want to guarantee to Ahmed’s family, friends and colleagues and the Ghana Journalists’ Association that we will always be by your side in the search for justice.

In solidarity,

Anthony Bellanger

IFJ General Secretary