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Letter of the Syndicat de la Magistrature (France) to the French president

Europe News July 18, 2016

Monsieur le Président de la République, Dans l’immédiate suite de la tentative de coup d’Etat intervenue en Turquie, des nouvelles saisissantes nous sont parvenues...

Coup d’etat in Turkey has only just begun

Europe News July 18, 2016

In the past 21 months in Turkey, nearly 9.000 magistrates (out of around 15.000) who dared to protect basic rights and freedoms and to...

Actions taken by the Spanish associations of Judges and Prosecutors about the situation in Turkey

Europe News July 18, 2016

Jueces para la Democracia insta a Rajoy a intervenir ante Erdogan para que ponga fin a la purga contra jueces y fiscales. El Secretariado...

Open letter of the Bulgarian judges

Europe News July 18, 2016

The Bulgarian Judges Association is following with particular concern and worry what is happening to our colleagues in Turkey. Within the framework of the...

MEDEL calls for immediate release of judges and prosecutors detained in Turkey and stands beside colleagues associated in YARSAV

Europe News July 17, 2016

MEDEL was informed that today thousands of judges and prosecutors in Turkey were arrested and dismissed. While MEDEL has not sufficient elements to comment on...

TV documentary about the situation of the Constitutional Court in Poland | Pologne: la grogne des juges (FR/DE)

An independent Judiciary July 9, 2016

Nouveau coup de canif à la démocratie en Pologne... Les dérives autoritaires du gouvernement sont à nouveau pointées du doigt. Le commissaire aux droits...

Imprisoned Turkish Judges and Prosecutors nominated for Vaclav Havel Prize

Europe News June 28, 2016

MEDEL – Magistrats Européens pour la démocratie et les libertés, has nominated two Turkish Judges (Metin Özçelik and Mustafa Başer) and four Turkish Prosecutors...

Alert Day for the Independence of Justice in Europe May 23, 2016: For an independent Justice in Europe

An independent Judiciary May 23, 2016

Marking the anniversary of Giovanni Falcone’s assassination by the Mafia in 1992, MEDEL pronounced the 23rd of May as the alert day for the...

Big Transatlantic market: Yield and bow down

An independent Judiciary March 21, 2016

MEDEL's opinion on the construction of a international investment court for TTIP – proposal of the European Commission from 16.09.2015 and 12.11.2015 “Remove justice and...

Is Europe under Siege? MEDEL Declaration

An independent Judiciary March 12, 2016

Dark clouds hang over Europe as threats to fundamental rights and freedoms arise from all countries and governments. In the last months, European governments –...

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