26/06/2024
پاکستان میں نیشنل سیکورٹی کی بنیاد بنا کر جس کو مرضی اٹھا لیا جاتا ہے
اور کسی عدالت میں بھی پیش کرنے کو ضروری نہیں سمجھا جاتا.
Secret Trials: R v AB and CD (UK)
2 men, terror charges
The UK government wanted the trial to be heard entirely behind closed doors for reasons of national security, so that the identities of the men, exact charges against the men and the judgement of the court would not be revealed to the Inter-Services Public Relation
Closed hearing: granted the Crown an order that the trial "should take place entirely in private with the identity of both defendants withheld" and with "a permanent prohibition on reporting what takes place during the trial and their identities". The Crown Prosecution Service had argued that they would be deterred from bringing the prosecution without an order for secrecy. The basis for this argument was not made public.
The Guardian applied to the Court of Appeal of England and Wales to overturn the ban on publicly identifying the defendants.The Court of Appeal overturned the order in June 2014 : most sensitive parts of the case could be heard privately, but there was no reason for all details of the case to be withheld from the public and media and said that movement away from open justice should be kept to the minimum necessary for the administration of justice.
What could be heard in open court: swearing in of the jury, the readings of charges to the jury, at least part of the judge’s introductory remarks to the jury, at least part of the prosecution opening, the verdicts and sentencing (should convictions result), the defendant’s identities (not justified on security grounds) .
The Court also decided that a small number of journalists would be allowed to hear even the most sensitive parts of the case.
