A coalition of environmental and human rights organizations have strongly condemned the recent violent attacks on a media team investigating illegal mining activities in the Asenanyo Forest Reserve in the Ashanti Region.
The team, which included journalist Erastus Asare Donkor, camera technician Nicholas Suantah, drone pilot Majid Alidu, and driver Edward Arko, was brutally assaulted on October 21, 2024, by armed men allegedly working for Edelmetallum Mining Resources Limited.
The journalists were documenting the environmental destruction caused by illegal mining operations, which have resulted in polluted water sources, destroyed farmlands, and damaged restored forests.
While gathering evidence, the team was accosted by over ten armed men, who beat and threatened them, confiscated their equipment, and stole personal belongings.