Discussion about ‘glass cages’ at trial attacks: “They stigmatize and hinder contact between lawyer and defendant”

The preparations for the assize process on the terrorist attacks in Brussels and Zaventem of 22 March 2016, which will start on 10 October, are in full swing. The old NATO building in the capital has already been completely converted into an assize hall, although the glass boxes in which the accused have to sit are causing division. The ‘cages’ are stigmatizing and hinder contact with the defendants, according to the lawyers.

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