Thirteen journalists and media workers, as well as media houses in Ghana, were attacked between January and October this year, according to data available to the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA).
Sympathisers of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) topped the list of perpetrators, having been involved in three out of the nine separate cases of attack recorded within the period.
Unknown assailants were also involved in three of the nine cases, with the Greater Accra Region recording the highest number of four cases.
The cases of attack included physical assault, gun-point attack, petrol bombing and cyber attack, all creating an unsafe environment for media practice and grossly undermining media freedom.