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Re:Why are Amnesty International monitors not able to observ... by cmiles74 on Monday September 21, 2020 @01:06PM (#24545817)
This is a good question. Coverage of this trial has been hard to come by. Craig Murray is posting details to his blog but he's also not the most objective witness. Still, he wrote the following[0]:

"Magistrate Baraitser then made a statement about access to the court by remote hearing, by which she meant online. She stated that a number of access details had been sent out by mistake by the court without her agreement. She had therefore revoked their access permissions."

When I read this, I thought that only certain people had their remove access revoked, for instance Amnesty International. But then he goes on...

"Baraitser went on to say that it was important that the hearing was public, but she should only agree remote access where it was 'in the interests of justice', and having considered it she had decided it was not. She explained this by stating that the public could normally observe from within the courtroom, where she could control their behaviour. But if they had remote access, she could not control their behaviour and this was not in the 'interests of justice'."

That sounds to me like _everyone's_ remote access had been revoked.

[0]: https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2020/09/your-man-in-...

Re:Why are Amnesty International monitors not able to observ... by bmsleight_ on Monday September 21, 2020 @01:24PM (#24546041)
As a counterbalance - reporting restriction from court are highly regulated in the UK. If a person breaks the regulations it is easy to deny them access the next day. No so easy on remote access, hard to control/prosecute contempt of court.
Re:Why are Amnesty International monitors not able to observ... by ggrrhh_ta on Monday September 21, 2020 @03:24PM (#24547380)
What kinds of regulations could be broken and why is remote access still possible for other trials? What makes this one different?
Re:Why are Amnesty International monitors not able to observ... by matthewheath on Monday September 21, 2020 @05:17PM (#24548585)
> What kinds of regulations could be broken

For example, taking photographs in court, or in this case taking screenshots of court remotely.

> why is remote access still possible for other trials?

It's done on a case by case basis by the judge(s) involved in the case. It's not an automatic right.

Re:Why are Amnesty International monitors not able to observ... by ggrrhh_ta on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @12:12AM (#24550753)
Audio only, description of the evidence, binding agreements, etc. I really thought that there could be an unsolvable reason behind it.
Re:Why are Amnesty International monitors not able to observ... by salawat on Monday September 21, 2020 @01:44PM (#24546274)
Invalid counterbalance, in my opinion, when the conduct of the government is in question. This seems to be the most pathetically awkward attempt to close a hearing without outright admitting it that I've ever witnessed.