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Basque Court Rejects Spanish Judicial Reforms, Citing Independence Concerns
The Basque Country's High Court of Justice Governing Body strongly opposes Spanish government judicial reforms, citing threats to judicial independence and impartiality, despite internal divisions; the reforms impact access to judicial careers and increase the Public Prosecutor's Office's control.
Basque Court Rejects Spanish Judicial Reforms, Citing Independence Concerns
The Basque Country's High Court of Justice Governing Body strongly opposes Spanish government judicial reforms, citing threats to judicial independence and impartiality, despite internal divisions; the reforms impact access to judicial careers and increase the Public Prosecutor's Office's control.
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44% Bias Score
SƔnchez Unveils Controversial Anti-Corruption Plan Amidst Political Backlash
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro SƔnchez unveiled a 15-point anti-corruption plan including measures like transferring investigations to prosecutors, a CIS corruption survey, and an AI-powered public procurement platform; however, some measures are already in place, others were previously scrapped, and ...
SƔnchez Unveils Controversial Anti-Corruption Plan Amidst Political Backlash
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro SƔnchez unveiled a 15-point anti-corruption plan including measures like transferring investigations to prosecutors, a CIS corruption survey, and an AI-powered public procurement platform; however, some measures are already in place, others were previously scrapped, and ...
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68% Bias Score
Leveson Recommends Radical Court Reforms to Tackle Massive Case Backlog
A former senior judge, Sir Brian Leveson, proposed fundamental reforms to England and Wales' criminal courts to tackle a backlog of nearly 77,000 cases, suggesting judge-only trials for certain offenses and increased out-of-court resolutions to prevent system collapse.
Leveson Recommends Radical Court Reforms to Tackle Massive Case Backlog
A former senior judge, Sir Brian Leveson, proposed fundamental reforms to England and Wales' criminal courts to tackle a backlog of nearly 77,000 cases, suggesting judge-only trials for certain offenses and increased out-of-court resolutions to prevent system collapse.
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56% Bias Score
Spanish Judges Threaten Further Strikes Over Judicial Reforms
Spanish judges and prosecutors' associations, except two, held a three-day strike (July 1-3) protesting government reforms impacting judicial access and the FiscalĆa, threatening further action and meeting with European officials next week due to concerns about judicial independence; they cite a 70%...
Spanish Judges Threaten Further Strikes Over Judicial Reforms
Spanish judges and prosecutors' associations, except two, held a three-day strike (July 1-3) protesting government reforms impacting judicial access and the FiscalĆa, threatening further action and meeting with European officials next week due to concerns about judicial independence; they cite a 70%...
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56% Bias Score
Spanish Judges and Prosecutors Strike Over Judicial Reforms
Spanish judges and prosecutors launched a three-day strike starting July 1, 2025, protesting two government-backed reforms impacting career access and the prosecutor's statute; the government maintains that the reforms are necessary and beneficial while the judiciary argues that they are not and hav...
Spanish Judges and Prosecutors Strike Over Judicial Reforms
Spanish judges and prosecutors launched a three-day strike starting July 1, 2025, protesting two government-backed reforms impacting career access and the prosecutor's statute; the government maintains that the reforms are necessary and beneficial while the judiciary argues that they are not and hav...
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40% Bias Score
Spanish Judges Protest Judicial Reforms, Announce Strike
On July 1st, hundreds of Spanish judges and prosecutors, primarily from conservative associations, protested in Madrid against government-proposed judicial reforms, arguing the changes threaten judicial independence and the merit-based selection of judges and prosecutors, culminating in a three-day ...
Spanish Judges Protest Judicial Reforms, Announce Strike
On July 1st, hundreds of Spanish judges and prosecutors, primarily from conservative associations, protested in Madrid against government-proposed judicial reforms, arguing the changes threaten judicial independence and the merit-based selection of judges and prosecutors, culminating in a three-day ...
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52% Bias Score
Hearing to Set New Execution Date for Robert Roberson Amidst Appeal
A Texas judge will consider a request Wednesday to set a new execution date for Robert Roberson, who was convicted of capital murder in 2002, despite his legal team presenting new evidence and a pending appeal challenging the original conviction based on outdated science surrounding "shaken baby syn...
Hearing to Set New Execution Date for Robert Roberson Amidst Appeal
A Texas judge will consider a request Wednesday to set a new execution date for Robert Roberson, who was convicted of capital murder in 2002, despite his legal team presenting new evidence and a pending appeal challenging the original conviction based on outdated science surrounding "shaken baby syn...
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40% Bias Score
Mexico's Supreme Court Begins Transition After Judicial Reform
Mexico's Supreme Court of Justice (SCJN) current president, Norma PiƱa, and president-elect, Hugo Aguilar, met on Tuesday to initiate a transition process following a judicial reform that shrinks the court from 11 to 9 justices and changes its internal structure; Aguilar won with over 6 million vote...
Mexico's Supreme Court Begins Transition After Judicial Reform
Mexico's Supreme Court of Justice (SCJN) current president, Norma PiƱa, and president-elect, Hugo Aguilar, met on Tuesday to initiate a transition process following a judicial reform that shrinks the court from 11 to 9 justices and changes its internal structure; Aguilar won with over 6 million vote...
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44% Bias Score
Spain's "Aforamientos": A System Undermining Equality and Trust
Spain's "aforamientos" system grants immunity from prosecution to roughly 250,000 people, including high-ranking officials, undermining equality before the law; despite cross-party support for reform, the system persists due to a lack of political will.
Spain's "Aforamientos": A System Undermining Equality and Trust
Spain's "aforamientos" system grants immunity from prosecution to roughly 250,000 people, including high-ranking officials, undermining equality before the law; despite cross-party support for reform, the system persists due to a lack of political will.
Progress
56% Bias Score
Diyarbakır Bar Association Appeals Sentence in Narin GĆ¼ran Murder Case
In Diyarbakır, Turkey, a court sentenced three family members to aggravated life imprisonment and a neighbor to 4.5 years for their involvement in the murder of Narin GĆ¼ran, whose body was found 19 days after her disappearance; the Diyarbakır Bar Association appealed the neighbor's sentence.
Diyarbakır Bar Association Appeals Sentence in Narin GĆ¼ran Murder Case
In Diyarbakır, Turkey, a court sentenced three family members to aggravated life imprisonment and a neighbor to 4.5 years for their involvement in the murder of Narin GĆ¼ran, whose body was found 19 days after her disappearance; the Diyarbakır Bar Association appealed the neighbor's sentence.
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36% Bias Score
EU Pressures Spain to Regularize Substitute Judges
The European Commission pressured Spain to grant permanent status to 913 substitute judges who perform the same functions as career judges but lack permanent contracts, prompting protests from conservative judges' associations and leading to a proposed regularization via a concurso-oposiciĆ³n system.
EU Pressures Spain to Regularize Substitute Judges
The European Commission pressured Spain to grant permanent status to 913 substitute judges who perform the same functions as career judges but lack permanent contracts, prompting protests from conservative judges' associations and leading to a proposed regularization via a concurso-oposiciĆ³n system.
Progress
48% Bias Score
INE confronts flawed judicial reform's consequences
Mexico's INE faces intense pressure to validate June 1st election results for judicial candidates, grappling with flaws in the evaluation committees that allowed unsuitable candidates to advance, despite lacking sufficient qualifications or facing serious accusations; the Tribunal Electoral will ult...
INE confronts flawed judicial reform's consequences
Mexico's INE faces intense pressure to validate June 1st election results for judicial candidates, grappling with flaws in the evaluation committees that allowed unsuitable candidates to advance, despite lacking sufficient qualifications or facing serious accusations; the Tribunal Electoral will ult...
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60% Bias Score
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