Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced the suspension of the controversial judicial overhaul, after months of massive nationwide demonstrations. In a statement on Monday evening, Netanyahu said that he ordered a “timeout” on the controversial legislation until after the Knesset recess, in order “to give a real opportunity for …
Read More »Israeli president calls for halt to judicial overhaul
Israeli President Isaac Herzog urged the government on Sunday night to put the brakes on the divisive judicial overhaul which has sparked months of protests across the country. His comments came hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired his defense minister, Yoav Gallant, who had spoken out against the proposed …
Read More »Hungary blasts ‘arrogant’ Brussels over move to penalize Poland for judicial reform, accuses EU of empire-building
Late on Wednesday evening, Justice Minister Judit Varga said Hungary would “broadly endorse” Poland in solidarity against the European Commission’s decision to penalize Warsaw over judicial reforms. “By this scandalous and arrogant move, the Commission has crossed a line that we previously thought it would never do,” Varga wrote on …
Read More »EU to seek daily fines against Poland over long-standing grievances with judicial reforms
In a statement released on Tuesday, the EU launched a double-pronged attack on Warsaw over its judicial reform measures, with most grievances relating to Poland’s disciplinary chamber. The measures mean judges can be investigated and punished for court rulings, which Brussels and other critics have argued politicizes the justice system. …
Read More »Julian Assange is a political prisoner worn down by a rigged judicial system that will never stop seeking to destroy him
At the High Court in London this week, the United States dealt yet another blow to Julian Assange, the journalist and founder of WikiLeaks who continues to languish in a maximum-security prison. I have covered Assange’s extradition hearings from the start and attended his High Court hearing this week remotely. …
Read More »Polish minister suggests country could quit EU due to ‘blackmail’ over judicial reforms
Speaking to Polish daily newspaper Rzeczpospolita, Ziobro slammed the EU ahead of an August 16 ruling to obey a decision from the Court of Justice or face potential financial repercussions, threatening that his country would not remain in the EU “at any cost.” The warning to EU officials about their …
Read More »Poroshenko has launched the second phase of judicial reform
The President abolished the local courts. President Petro Poroshenko has signed decrees on the elimination of local and the creation of district courts in Ukraine in the framework of the second phase of judicial reform. About it reports a press-service of the head of state. It is reported that it …
Read More »Poroshenko signed a law on judicial reform
The President signed the law on amendments to several codes. President Petro Poroshenko has signed the law on amendments to Economic procedural, Civil procedural codes, the Code of administrative legal proceedings of Ukraine and other legislative acts (bill No. 6232), which triggers judicial reform. This was reported on the official …
Read More »The speaker of the Verkhovna Rada signed a law on judicial reform
The document was sent for signature to the President. Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Andriy Parubiy has signed the law on amendments to Economic procedural code, Civil procedural code and the Code of administrative procedure. This is evidenced by the visit of bill No. 6232 on the Parliament website. It …
Read More »In Rada registered a draft on the abolition of the judicial reform
For the first law from the package of judicial reform voted 234 deputies. Wednesday, October 4, the Verkhovna Rada registered a draft on the abolition of the judicial reform, according to the website lying. A draft Resolution on cancellation of the decision of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine from October …
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