The counter-testimony of a witness from the Specialist Prosecutor’s Office in the trial against Salih Mustafa has started to be heard in the Specialist Chambers in The Hague. At the request of the SPO and with the approval of the trial panel, the entire testimony of the protected witness is being heard in private hearing.
The presiding judge, Mappie Veldt Foglia, ordered that the witness be heard in a private hearing, for which she referred to paragraph 3 of Rule 20, which provides for the possibility of holding closed hearings, due to the psychological protection of the witness and the interest of justice…
