France's judicial system was brought to a virtual standstill yesterday as thousand of judges and lawyers went on strike to express their anger at President Nicolas Sarkozy for his strident criticisms of the courts. Thousands of judges and lawyers demonstrated outside the Palais de Justice in Paris, and in other French cities, in the culmination of days of protest that have meant only urgent cases are being processed.
World - The Independent
Posted by contaharrison (#1) 462 days ago (http://www.independent.co.uk)
Who Voted for this Story
Pligg is an open source content management system that lets you easily create your own social network.