More Mexican judges to join strike over proposed judicial overhaul
Mexico City, Mexico Reuters Over 1,000 more judges and magistrates in Mexico have voted to join an indefinite nationwide strike that began on Monday amid mounting protest against a plan by the ruling party to overhaul the country’s judiciary. The National Association of Circuit Magistrates and District Judges, which represents some 1,400 judges and magistrates, […]
Two British judges quit Hong Kong’s top court
Hong Kong, China Reuters Two British judges have resigned from Hong Kong’s top court, around a week after a landmark verdict in which 14 prominent democratic activists were convicted for subversion amid a national security crackdown on dissent in the financial hub. The Hong Kong Judiciary said in a statement late on Thursday that two […]
Ukraine’s frontline judges deliver justice under fire
Donestsk Region, Ukraine Reuters Olha Konoplenko’s eastern Ukrainian city is occupied by Russian forces, but that hasn’t stopped her from trying to uphold the law remotely as a judge. Residents who fled Bakhmut, captured last May after months of fierce fighting, still rely on her and other exiled colleagues for key rulings. “There’s no city, […]
Spanish judges say Catalan amnesty could help PM Sanchez but imperil rule of law
Madrid, Spain Reuters Spanish judges have waded into a row over a possible amnesty for Catalonian separatists in return for their support for a new Socialist-led government, arguing that it serves the interests of acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez but not the country. The amnesty law has been proposed by Sanchez, who is trying to […]
Wanted: Thousands of Ukrainian judges, in huge overhaul sought by EU
DAN PELESCHUK, of Reuters, reports on efforts to fill more than 2,000 judicial vacancies in Ukraine…
Afghan women lawyers on the run face life in limbo abroad
Athens, Greece Reuters When the Taliban seized Afghanistan, lawyer Bibi Chaman Hafizi heard the militants were going door to door, hunting for people who worked for the state, so she burned every document in her home and went into hiding. Then she fled the country. Like dozens more women working in the legal sphere, Hafizi, […]
GreenSight: The atad – the jujube or Christ’s thorn
ALVIN JOHNSON looks at what the plant known as the ‘atad’ or thornbush mentioned in the Old Testament Book of Judges actually is…
ON THE SCREEN: ‘SAMSON’ A SLIGHTLY CLUNKY “SWORDS AND SANDALS” ADVENTURE
DAVID ADAMS watches Samson…