PROSECUTOR v ISSA HASSAN SESAY & ORS - ORDER TO PERMIT FLIMING IN COURT ( SCSL-04-15-T ) [2007] SCSL 47 (19 June 2007);


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TRIAL CHAMBER I


Before:
Hon. Justice Bankole Thompson, Presiding Judge
Hon. Justice Pierre Boutet
Hon. Justice Benjamin Mutanga Itoe
Registrar:
Mr. Herman von Hebel, Acting Registrar
Date:
19th of June 2007
PROSECUTOR
Against
ISSA HASSAN SESAY
MORRIS KALLON
AUGUSTINE GBAO
(Case No. SCSL-04-15-T)

Public Document


ORDER TO PERMIT FILMING IN COURT


Office of the Prosecutor:
Defence Counsel for Issa Hassan Sesay:
Jim Johnson
Peter Harrison
Wayne Jordash
Sareta Ashraph


Defence Counsel for Morris Kallon:
Shekou Touray
Charles Taku
Melron Nicol-Wilson


Court Appointed Counsel for Augustine Gbao:
Andreas O’Shea
John Cammegh

TRIAL CHAMBER I (“Trial Chamber”) of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (“Special Court”) composed of Hon. Justice Bankole Thompson, Presiding Judge, Hon. Justice Pierre Boutet, and Hon. Justice Benjamin Mutanga Itoe;

HAVING CONSIDERED the request from the Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway on behalf of Mr. Dag Bredvei of NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation), and Mr. Kristian Skaardalsmo of NTB (Norwegian Wire Agency) for permission to film in the Public Gallery of Courtroom I on Thursday, the 21st of June 2007, received by the Trial Chamber on the 18th of June 2007;

PURSUANT TO Rule 81 (D) of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the Special Court;

ORDERS AS FOLLOWS:

  1. That Mr. Bredvei and Mr. Skaardalsmo are authorised to film in the Public Gallery of Courtroom I during the trial proceedings of Prosecutor v. Sesay, Kallon and Gbao on Thursday, the 21st of June 2007;
  2. That, unless specifically authorised, they may not film any of the Accused before the Court;
  3. That the use of the images and any commentary related thereto, should not, in any circumstances, be used in any way that could compromise or impair the fairness of the proceedings;
  4. That a representative of the Press and Public Affairs Office of the Special Court shall accompany them at all times during the filming.
Done at Freetown, Sierra Leone, this 19th day of June, 2007

Hon. Justice Benjamin Mutanga Itoe
Hon. Justice Bankole Thompson
Presiding Judge
Trial Chamber I
Hon. Justice Pierre Boutet




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