Three newspapers barred from criminal court over judge’s photo
The criminal court has indefinitely barred three government-aligned newspapers, a day after court officials forced reporters to delete photos of Judge Abdul Bari Yoosuf from their cameras.
01 Mar 2016, 9:00 AM
The criminal court has indefinitely barred three government-aligned newspapers, a day after court officials forced reporters to delete photos of Judge Abdul Bari Yoosuf from their cameras.
Reporters from Haveeru Online, V News and Avas were prohibited from observing trials today, but were not given a reason for the suspension.
A criminal court spokesman declined to comment.
According to V News and Haveeru, the suspension came after their photographers took a photo of Bari, who now heads the criminal court, on Monday.
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