After years of legal wrangling, judges backed by the current government suspended the chief justice, as a feud escalated with the right-wing party that last held power.
Poland’s centrist government says it is restoring judicial independence after years of far-right political interference.
Anti-government protesters in Poland have rallied around a top court overnight to denounce the suspension of the tribunal's president by the country's pro-European Cabinet
Police in Poland have stepped up security around the country’s Constitutional Tribunal after dozens of protesters gathered on Friday to oppose the government’s suspension of its president, which they say was unlawful. Police say several people were detained after some demonstrators breached the court’s perimeter fence. Charlotte Hughes reports.
Saturday is set to see another day of nationwide demonstrations over the cost of living and conditions in schools. Dubbed “Act Three”, the protests bring together Yellow Vest activists and student demonstrators. But France’s highest administrative court has just upheld a ban on the planned route of the Paris march, forcing protesters to remain on the eastern outskirts of the capital. Authorities are deploying 70,000 security personnel and imposing curfews in some areas, repeating many of the measures seen last weekend. The interior minister has also issued a Halloween-themed warning: covering your face at a demonstration remains illegal. Ophelie Jacobson reports.
France is bracing for a third weekend of protests, with demonstrations against the rising cost of living planned across the country. Nearly half a million people are expected to take to the streets, prompting the government to deploy 70,000 police officers to maintain order. In Paris, a last-minute court ruling has restricted today’s march to the eastern outskirts of the capital. Jack Pownall reports.
The former comedian and his wife gave evidence in the case in which he denies all charges against him Russell Brand’s trial at Southwark crown court began with widespread media coverage on 12 October. The former comedian and presenter faces three charges of rape, three of sexual assault and one of attempted indecent assault against six women, in allegations spanning 10 years from 1999. He denies all the charges. Here are five things we learned in the third week of his trial. Continue reading...
President Karol Nawrocki seen struggling to gain entry to court building in Warsaw amid long-running row over the court’s legitimacy Riot police were locked in a tense standoff with protesters outside Poland’s constitutional court on Friday night after its top judge was suspended in the latest escalation in a decade-long dispute over the court’s legal status. The clashes followed a controversial decision by a group of government-appointed judges to suspend the court’s contested president, Bogdan Święczkowski, and his deputy, Bartłomiej Sochański, amid disagreements over the bench’s legitimacy. Continue reading...
Poland’s president has cut short a trip to Senegal, joining protesters facing off with police.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk defended the firing of top court President Bogdan Swieczkowski as a move to "restore the rule of law."
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk defended the suspension of top court President Bogdan Swieczkowski as a move to "restore the rule of law."
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk defended the suspension of top court President Bogdan Swieczkowski as a move to "restore the rule of law."
Judge's suspension is part of a long dispute over politicisation of the Constitutional Tribunal under former government.
Tensions between Poland’s president and prime minister intensified as demonstrators rally outside the country’s top court.
Alieu Kosiah killed civilians and unarmed soldiers, and ordered lootings and other crimes against humanity.
The escalation came after the government suspended two senior justices and moved to bring criminal charges against them.
The 9th Circuit Court calls the petition to remove 20,000 ballots from California's vote count unconstitutional.
Miami-Dade officials drop charge of battery by strangulation against rapper due to ‘insufficient evidence’ Florida prosecutors on Thursday dropped a felony charge against rapper Rick Ross nearly a month after he was arrested in Miami Beach when a woman he was living with told police he hit her, court records said. The Miami-Dade state attorney’s office filed paperwork on Thursday to drop a felony charge of battery by strangulation because of “insufficient evidence”. Ross, whose legal name is William Roberts II, still faces a misdemeanor charge of battery domestic violence. Continue reading...
In closing speech, prosecutor says six women had ‘bravely’ come forward after realising they were not alone Six women who have been “haunted” by their encounters with Russell Brand came forward to give evidence against him with nothing to gain and no appetite for fame, a court has heard. The prosecutor, Riel Karmy-Jones KC, said the women, who do not know one another, had not been compelled to make police complaints by the “magic force” of media reporting on Brand’s alleged misconduct. Continue reading...
Colombia's president plans to slash spending on a transitional justice court. But war crimes victims fear the cost.
We speak to the influential and long-serving president of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), Koen Lenaerts. The court is the EU's supreme judicial authority, responsible for ensuring that European law is interpreted and applied across all 27 member states.
In France, thousands were protesting in the Paris suburb of La Verrière on Friday, a week after a racist terrorist attack killed one person and injured five others. The suspect, identified as Kevin T., admitted he was targeting people based on their appearance or religion and has been transferred to a Paris court. FRANCE 24's Morgan Ayre reports.
A second day of mourning is underway in Spain, with some families still waiting for news about missing loved ones, following Wednesday's high speed train crash that killed 69 people. Some have flooded social media with desperate appeals for information, posting photos or describing the clothes their relatives were wearing when they boarded the trains.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport has ruled that Russian teams must be allowed to take part in international ice hockey tournaments. The IIHF had banned Russia following the country's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Judges took away the possibility of parole for an Australian woman, Erin Patterson, and rejected a bid to overturn her conviction over a deadly beef Wellington lunch.
An Australian appeals court has ordered triple-murderer Erin Patterson to never be released from prison because of the “shocking criminality” involved in poisoning four of her estranged husband’s relatives with death cap mushrooms
Victorian court of appeal rules Patterson should be jailed for life with no parole over deadly beef wellington lunch that killed three people Erin Patterson mushroom murders appeal – live updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Erin Patterson has lost her bid to overturn her convictions and been resentenced to life behind bars with no chance of release, as Victoria’s highest court handed down its decision on two appeals regarding her triple murder case . The court of appeal ruled on the two appeals on Friday, after justices Lesley Taylor, Stephen McLeish and Peter Kidd heard arguments from her legal team and prosecutors in August. Continue reading...
Former Bachelor star and wellness influencer stands accused of choking and assaulting wife at Noosa in Queensland Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Former Bachelor star Sam Wood will remain in custody while he awaits trial on domestic violence charges , after he was refused bail for a second time. Wood, 46, from Melbourne, has been held in custody since his arrest on 4 October at Noosa. On Friday supreme court justice Patrick McCafferty said Wood posed “an unacceptable risk” of further offending, meaning he will remain in the high-security Wolston correctional centre until his trial, which the court heard might not take place until 2028. Continue reading...
Erin Patterson argued her trial was unfair due to seven grounds but three appeal judges dismissed them all.
ICJ judge Yuji Iwasawa’s jaunt to New York belies the danger he’s courting.
South African police have approached the courts to stop planned marches by anti-illegal immigration groups in Durban
Warnings of escalating clampdown on press freedom come after Cairo court convicts Attalah of managing an unlicensed website Lina Attalah, a prominent Egyptian journalist and the editor-in-chief of the news outlet Mada Masr, has been released from detention by Egypt’s authorities and had her website ordered to be shut down by a court amid an intensifying crackdown on independent media in the country. Attalah was taken briefly into custody after a Cairo court convicted her of managing an unlicensed website, prompting fresh international concerns over press freedom in Egypt. Continue reading...
Pakistan’s Supreme Court upheld a Christian man’s death sentence for blasphemy in a historic ruling that advocates warn could have far-reaching consequences.
Case filed in 2022 by patient unable to afford medicine leads to cap on drug prices for millions who face ruin if diagnosed The Indian government has moved to reduce the price of cancer drugs after a retired bank clerk took her case to the supreme court. From next month, 137 cancer drugs in India will be cheaper as the government tries to tackle the tragedy of poorer patients either forgoing treatment, selling land or falling into debt to meet the high cost of some medicines, which are making large profits for hospitals and pharmacists. Continue reading...
Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka spent a week in jail after defying restrictions on protests in Delhi amid government crackdown An Indian court has ordered the release of two leaders of India’s Cockroach movement who were jailed last week amid a mounting state crackdown on youth-led protests. The two leaders of the Cockroach Janta party (CJP) movement, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, had spent a week in Delhi’s Tihar jail after being arrested by Delhi police last week. Continue reading...
A Bulgarian court has issued arrest warrants for two young German nationals suspected of setting fire to Starlink antennas. The case is reminiscent of another in Poland, which Warsaw says was orchestrated by Russia.
German gamblers may finally be able to beat the house, thanks to new court rulings in the EU and in Germany. The decisions could help gambling addicts — but the legal road might be difficult.
Court documents reveal what police say were the movements and motivation of Sajid and Naveed Akram.
