Not the courts..the magistrates were definitely right since this is their legal requirement of everyone hence totally justified. and I'm actually touched by how considerate they were to provide screens. I memo this time in a Lankan passport office I had to remove my niqab for a photo and from the moment I removed it and until the photo was taken I had a crowd of men starring at me through out it all, including a monk! Subhanallah..that was embarrassing! So actually the courts were very respective, Maashallah!
As for the term "ex partner" there could be many reasons for this. Like example the journalists simply putting it this way, or that she only converted recently after her relationship broke off as this happened to my close friend too. she was charged for a criminal offence before she became a Muslim and the hearing was afterwards so she had to be in prison sans hijab and had to attend courts that way too, and she too had to testify against her "ex partner" who also fathered her child whilst she was still not a Muslim. Or of course this maybe a case of polygyny etc. Needless to say we cannot judge her here, Allahu alim.
Regarding her name..well lol..my husband's name is still his original non Muslim name officially though he goes by a Muslim nickname.Name is nothing..did the Sahabah be it Umar, Abu Bakr, or anyone else change theirs?