7 by the alleged wiretapping, recording and disclosure of a telephone conversation her husband held with Mr. Adel Zayed; b) the public accusation Mr. Tristán Donoso made against the former Attorney General, and c) the consequences the criminal prosecution and conviction of Mr. Tristán Donoso in the proceedings instituted by the aforementioned official would have borne on the private life and the professional activities of her husband; 2) Carlos María Ariz. At the time of the events, he was the Bishop of Colón, a witness offered by the representatives. He testified, among other matters, about a) the request he made to Mr. Tristán Donoso, legal counsel of the Diocese, to render professional services to the Zayed family, for their children were in custody pending a criminal enquiry; b) the disclosure effected by the former Attorney General regarding a telephone conversation between Mr. Tristán Donoso and Mr. Adel Zayed, father to Walid Zayed; c) the meeting held with the former Attorney General in order to “demand explanations […] on such telephone wiretapping”, and d) the contents of the tape recorded conversation; 3) Walid Zayed. A client of Mr. Tristán Donoso in a criminal inquiry, and a witness offered by the representatives. He testified, among other matters, about a) the circumstances having led him to record some of his conversations when he was in custody; and b) on the recording of the telephone conversation between his father, Adel Zayed, and Mr. Tristán Donoso; 4) Sydney Alexis Sittón Ureta. Counsel for the defense of Mr. Tristán Donoso in the criminal proceedings instituted by the former Attorney General, a witness offered by the representatives. He testified, among other matters, about the criminal inquiry for defamation instituted by Attorney General Sossa against Mr. Tristán Donoso; 5) Rolando Rául Rodríguez Bernal. A journalist, and a witness offered by the representatives. He testified, among other matters, about: (a) the accusation made by Mr. Tristán Donoso against the former Attorney General of having allegedly tape recorded and disclosed a private telephone conversation; b) the criminal proceedings for defamation instituted on the motion of Attorney General Sossa against Mr. Tristán Donoso; and c) how freedom of expression stands in Panamá; 6) José Eduardo Ayú Prado Canals. In July, 1996 he was acting as Fiscal Tercero del Circuito de la Provincia de Colón [Colón Province Circuit Prosecutor Number Three], a witness offered by the State. He testified, among other matters, about: a) receiving and forwarding to the Procuraduría General de la Nación [Office of the National Attorney General] an audio tape on which a telephone conversation was recorded; and b) the inexistence of adequate equipment to tap or record telephone conversations at the Ministerio Público [Office of the Public Attorney] or at police facilities at the time of the events; 7) Octavio Amat Chong. A lawyer and a journalist, he was the Director of the El Panamá América newspaper between 1994 and 1996, and is an expert witness offered by the Commission and by the representatives. He reported, among other matters, on how freedom of expression stands in Panamá and