The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) have issued an apology to all journalists who have endured physical abuse and harassment at the hands of military personnel.The Armed Forces have declared such actions as unacceptable and have committed to addressing them. During a meeting with the leadership of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Chief of Defense Staff Vice Admiral Seth Amoama expressed regret over such incidents.

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A 2020 digital rights report conducted by iWatch Africa highlighted that journalists in Ghana frequently face substantial levels of online abuse, with female journalists being particularly vulnerable. The report revealed that the ratio of female journalists facing digital abuse was 1:61, while the ratio for male journalists was 1:28.

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Female journalists in Ghana often encounter misogynistic comments regarding their appearance, gender, and sexuality. They are also more likely to receive threats of sexual violence and other forms of harm.In December 2020, Afia Pokua, a prominent female journalist with the Despite Media Group in Ghana, expressed her frustration on Facebook regarding what she perceived as the Ghana Journalism Association's inadequate protection of journalists.

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She posted, “…if I die and come back, I will never return as a journalist!”In 2021, Kenneth Ashigbey, who serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications, proposed that Ghanaian journalists might have to explore seeking remedies at the international level if domestic state institutions continued to fall short in delivering justice in cases of abuse or torture.

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Ashigbey referred to a specific case in which the ECOWAS court ruled against The Gambia, compelling it to pay a compensation of $100,000 to two journalists and their families who had suffered torture during the rule of Yahya Jammeh.

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