Courtroom Journalism And Fair Trial Rights Ethiopian Law And Practice

Courtroom journalism is an important task for the news media for several reasons. Trialrnpublicity of criminal cases fulfills part of the watchdog function of the media. The role of thernmedia is regarded as a handmaiden of effective justice administration. Despite the importance,rnjournalism in court reporting is often accused of interfering in the fair trial rights andrnadministration of the criminal justice system.rnThe aim of this paper is to asses and analyzes the impact of courtroom journalism on the fairrntrial rights of the accused. The protection the law affords to protect the fair trial rights of thernaccused from adverse trial publicities. The effective protection of all human rights very muchrndepends on the independent and impartial Judiciary capable of ensuring fair trial proceedingsrnthus the paper also tries to assess courtroom journalism in the federal high court Lideta branchrncriminal bench

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