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IN THE APPEALS CHAMBER

Before: / Justice George Gelaga King, Presiding Judge
Justice Emmanuel Ayoola
Justice Renate Winter
Justice Raja Fernando
Justice Jon Kamanda
Registrar: / Herman von Hebel, Registrar
Date: / 11 December 2007
PROSECUTOR / Against / ALEX TAMBA BRIMA
BRIMA BAZZY KAMARA
SANTIGIE BORBOR KANU
(Case No. SCSL-2004-16-A)

DECISION ON THE PROSECUTION MOTION FOR RECLASSIFICATION OF FILING

Office of the Prosecutor:
Dr. Christopher Staker
Mr. Karim Agha
Mr. Chile Eboe-Osuji / Defence Counsel for Alex Tamba Brima:
Mr. Kojo Graham
Defence Counsel for Brima Bazzy Kamara:
Mr. Andrew Daniels
Defence Counsel for Santigie Borbor Kanu:
Mr. Agibola E. Manley-Spain

Case No. SCSL-2004-16-A 1. 11 December 2007

THE APPEALS CHAMBER (“Appeals Chamber”) of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (“Special

Court”) composed of Justice George Gelaga King, Presiding Judge, Justice Emmanuel Ayoola, Justice

Renate Winter, Justice Raja Fernando and Justice Jon Kamanda;

SEIZEDof the “Prosecution Motion for Reclassification of Filing”, filed on 3 December 2007;

CONSIDERINGthat theProsecution requests theAppeals Chamber to permit the Court Management Section to reclassify as confidential the Statement and Report of Prosecution Witness TF1-150 (the “Report”) filed publicly on 31 May 2005 in the case Prosecutor v.Brima, Kamaraand Kanu;

NOTINGthe Prosecution Submission that this document should have been Confidential;

NOTING the page 2 of the Report is marked Confidential;

CONSIDERING that the Report contains information that could identify the witness;

MINDFUL of Rules 69 and 75 of the Rules;

HEREBY GRANTS the Prosecution Motion and;

ORDERS the Court Management Section to reclassify the Statement and Report of Prosecution Witness TF1-150 as Confidential.

Done at Freetown this 11th Day of December 2007.

Justice George Gelaga King Justice Emmanuel Ayoola

Presiding Justice Renate Winter

Justice Jon Kamanda

Justice Raja Fernando

[Seal of the Special Court for Sierra Leone]

Case No. SCSL-2004-16-A 1. 11 December 2007