Judicial Overhaul

Netanyahu sacks defence minister who opposed judicial reforms

Netanyahu acted in response on Sunday night as he was poised to ratify a central part of the overhaul package, a bill that would tighten political control over judicial appointments, handing the executive wider freedom to name judges to the Supreme Court

Thousands take to Poland's streets over goverment's plan to curb independence of judiciary

Thousands of people are protesting across Poland against government's plan to put the judicial system under its political control