Law, Politics, Podcasts
Dissidents, defenders, whistleblowers
Tunisia is moving towards a process of transitional justice launched under an Islamist-led government. Eileen Byrne sends this post from Tunis where tensions between Islamists, securalists, and stalwarts of the old regime are playing out across the justice and political systems. A heavy burden of expectations lies on Tunisia, the small country where the Arab…
Judge Baltasar Garzón was convicted 9 February by Spain’s Supreme Court and given an 11-year suspension. Four days later, a second set of charges were dissmissed. But Pia Navazo reports the conviction in effect ends Garzón’s judicial career. The Spanish Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the wiretaps that Garzón ordered within the Gürtel corruption case were…