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King Salman issued a directive on Sunday to promote and appoint 233 judges at various levels of the judiciary within the Ministry of Justice, Saudi Press Agency reported. Walid Al-Samaani, the minister of justice and chairman of the…
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Tunisia’s president issued a decree on Saturday to establish a provisional Supreme Judiciary Council, effectively replacing the present council, the Tunisian presidency announced on Facebook. Late last week President Kais Saied said he…
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Tunisian President Kais Saied will change the Supreme Judicial Council but not abolish it, the justice minister said after meeting him on Wednesday, days after his stated plan to dissolve the body met intense criticism. Justice Minister…
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The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday urged the president of Tunisia to reverse his decision to disband the country’s Supreme Judicial Council, the official body that oversees judges in the country. Michelle Bachelet…
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Tunisian police have locked the doors of the Supreme Judicial Council, which President Kais Saied dissolved on Sunday, and have stopped staff from entering, the head of the council told Reuters on Monday. Saied’s announcement has raised…
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Tunisian President Kais Saied on Sunday dissolved the Supreme Judicial Council, the body that deals with judicial independence, a move that raises fears about the independence of the judiciary and was sure to anger his opponents. Saied’s…
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