South Africa: Judicial Hearings Should Be Accessible to the Public And Allowed to Be Broadcast Live, Says FXI

Freedom of Expression Institute (Johannesburg)

23 July 2008

Earlier today, the Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI) made a submission to the Judicial Services Commission (JSC) calling for the hearing to investigate the alleged misconduct of the Constitutional Court Judges and Cape Judge President John Hlophe to be held in public. The FXI further supported the broadcast media's right to broadcast the hearing live. The Constitutional Court has laid a ...