The Judiciary will now allow the media to cover the proceedings of the anti-LGBT+ bill in the High Court live.
Before this, the Chief Justice let media houses livestream the hearing of Richard Sky’s request to stop the anti-LGBTQ+ bill.
The Attorney General wrote to the Chief Justice, saying that there is a lot of public interest in the anti-gay bill, which is why he asked for this.
“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 also said, “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.”
Now, the Judicial Service has given this access to all cases related to the anti-LGBTQ+ bill.
This happened after the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, asked the Chief Justice to allow live coverage of proceedings related to the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, also known as the anti-LGBTQ+ bill.
He specifically mentioned cases in both the Supreme Court and High Court that will look at whether the bill is legal or not.
So far, four cases have been filed in different courts about the anti-LGBTQ+ bill.
Two will be heard at the High Court, and the other two at the Supreme Court.
One of the High Court cases is set to be heard later today in the General Jurisdiction 8 courtroom.
