Thursday, June 22, 2006
CAJ urges court to reconsider publication ban
The Canadian Association of Journalists is calling on the Ontario court to reconsider a complete publication ban in the case of 12 men and five youths charged in connection with an alleged terror plot.
The CAJ's board of directors voted unanimously at its summer board meeting over the weekend to ask the court to reconsider the ban.
"This trial is the single biggest test of Canada's new anti-terrorism
laws and a matter of vigorous public interest," said CAJ President Paul
Schneidereit. "Canadians care deeply about what's happening in the one forum
where these issues are being heard. The court should reconsider the ban in
light of these facts."
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Sweeping applications that lock entire legal proceedings behind closed doors undermine the public's fundamental right to know. In this case, that right relates to a matter of vital national importance.
The CAJ's board of directors voted unanimously at its summer board meeting over the weekend to ask the court to reconsider the ban.
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