The Judiciary will open the High Court for live media coverage of the anti-LGBT+ bill proceedings later today.
This comes after the Chief Justice permitted media houses to livestream the hearing of Richard Sky’s injunction application challenging the passage of the anti-LGBTQ+ bill. That access has now been extended to all court cases related to the anti-LGBTQ+ bill.
That request was granted after the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, urged the Chief Justice to permit live coverage of the court proceedings.
“Respectfully, in view of the public interest in the cases concerning the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill 2024 (the Bill) I would like to recommend that the media (including radio and television) be given full access to the relevant courts to undertake coverage of all proceedings in those cases concerning the Bill,” he wrote.
He added, “It is my respectful view that the transparency to be engendered by a coverage of the proceedings would be in the best interest of the administration of justice.”
Four cases related to the anti-LGBTQ+ bill have been filed at various levels of the court system. Two of these cases are scheduled to be heard at the High Court, while the Supreme Court will address the remaining two.
Today, one of the High Court cases will be heard in the General Jurisdiction 8 courtroom.
newsalertgh.com will bring you a live update of the court proceedings.
