Number 12 Archives - Committee to Protect Journalists

Ghanaian investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas participates in disguise on a panel at the UNESCO World Press Freedom Day event in Accra, Ghana, on May 3, 2018. One month later, Ghanaian member of parliament, Kennedy Agyapong, has been threatening Anas and those perceived as close to his undercover investigative film about corruption and football in Ghana. (CPJ/Jonathan Rozen)

In Ghana, investigative film crew faces death threats, harassment

June 4, 2018 5:57 PM EDT

New York, June 4, 2018–The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Ghanaian member of parliament Kennedy Agyapong to stop threatening investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas and those perceived as close to his undercover investigative film, “Number 12,” about corruption and football in Ghana.