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Media kept away from Suzan Tamim murder trial
Television cameras on Monday were banned inside the Cairo courtroom during the high-profile murder trial on an Egyptian tycoon.
- Agencies
- Published: 14:26 November 17, 2008
- Lebanese singer Suzan Tamim was found dead in her Dubai apartment in July.
- Image Credit: Gulf News Archive
Cairo: Television cameras on Monday were banned inside the Cairo courtroom during the high-profile murder trial on an Egyptian tycoon.
Judge Al Muhammadi Qunsuwa on Sunday imposed a gag order; banning all publication of the trial details on the murder of Lebanese singer Suzan Tamim.
The judge, however, is allowing reports on the court's procedural decisions and the final verdict.
During Monday's hearing, reporters were allowed in, but without recorders or mobile phones.
Tycoon Hisham Talaat Moustafa's trial has garnered wide media attention in the country.
He pleaded not guilty to ordering the murder of Tamim.
The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information in a statement Monday has condemned the ban as "political" and said it violated press freedoms.
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