Tag: magistrates
DRC: standoff between the Minister of Justice and magistrates
In the DRC, tensions are growing between the Minister of Justice, Constant Mutamba, and the magistrates grouped within the Autonomous Union of Magistrates of Congo (Synamac). The latter can no…
Burkina: several magistrates required at the front, the government accused of trying to control the judiciary
Many accuse Ibrahim Traoré’s regime of punishing certain figures by sending them to the front: after civil society actors, politicians and journalists, it is now the turn of the judiciary.…
The inter-union of magistrates protests against the reform of the High Council of the Judiciary
The three magistrates’ unions published a press release in Ouagadougou on Sunday, June 30, rejecting the recent reform of the High Council of the Judiciary by refusing to participate in…
senior magistrates ask for more resources to fight against financial delinquency
We must provide French justice with more human and material resources to fight against financial delinquency, in particular to deal with the rise in organized crime: this is the call…
Marseille magistrates are alarmed by the expansion of drug trafficking: “This war is off to a very bad start”
An alarm signal from Marseille magistrates who are calling for a “Marshall plan” in the face of drug trafficking in the Marseille city. Facing the Senate commission on drug trafficking,…
the new appointments of magistrates raise questions
After the new appointments to the Yaoundé military court, announced by presidential decree on Wednesday December 13, what future for the investigation into the death of Martinez Zogo? A new…
the incomprehension of 11 magistrates dismissed for “failures in the duty of their office”
In the Central African Republic, eleven magistrates were dismissed from the judiciary by two presidential decrees signed Tuesday by President Touadéra, for “lack ofments to the duty of their office…
magistrates return to work after nine months of strike
In Gabon, magistrates return to work this Monday, October 2 after nine months of strike. They decided to suspend the movement for three months. Objective: to give the country’s new…
Chad: consequence of the magistrates’ strike, at the Ndjamena courthouse, distraught litigants
In Chad, the magistrates’ strike, which began more than two months ago against the draft Constitution which does not guarantee the independence of the judiciary, but also to demand an…
Burkina Faso: magistrates angry following the release of a healer by the military
The case makes a lot of noise. A traditional healer managed to escape, with the help of soldiers, on the night of Friday to Saturday. The Attorney General explains that…