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He is a political mafia; it is the state mafia. The president of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, who spoke before Feijóo, insisted that Spain is going through a "dark stage with a president who is a true cheater, who does not respect the rules of the game or the separation of powers, who uses the Constitutional Court dictatorial against the Supreme Court, kidnaps the institutions, uses the Permanent Commission in a twisted way and has the Upper House gagged. He does not respect the limits, wants to eliminate the judges, and uses the Tax Agency against his opponents." #Feijóo2026 #EleccionesEspaña #Democracia (translated)

The judges reject that this user of X committed hate crimes and threats for publishing this message in the Madrid electoral campaign of 2021 and remind that Santiago Abascal himself, who appeared in the trial, has experience in a similar matter: he stated that the Spaniards wanted to "hang Pedro Sánchez by the feet" and was not even prosecuted by the Supreme Court. #LibertadDeExpresión #DelitoDeOdio #Vox (translated)

Several ministers, specifically Óscar López —for also opposing Isabel Díaz Ayuso in the Community of Madrid— have harshly criticized the judges for their actions in this case, even going so far as to label them as "lone wolves," a rhetorical formula associated with terrorism. #indulto #elecciones2026 #justicia (translated)

The author stated that the sanctions came after two years in which, as he wrote, the United States had sanctioned judges and prosecutors from the Court investigating alleged Israeli and American crimes, Palestinian organizations collecting evidence of Israeli crimes, and the UN rapporteur for Palestine, among others. #Sanciones #Palestina #Justicia #US #IL #PS (translated)

Gustavo Petro stated that sanctioning magistrates and judges constituted an ignominy against humanity and asserted that Latin America should not allow it. He said that the OFAC list should disappear and be replaced by an effective global instrument against drug traffickers. He also called for the replacement of political lists that, according to him, promoted apartheid and segregation with guarantees for free thought and expression, and proposed to rebuild a broader and deeper international law on that basis. He added that international justice should investigate and judge international drug trafficking and pursue drug traffickers and their assets anywhere in the world. #Justicia #DerechosHumanos #Narcotráfico (translated)

Judges and legal experts express their outrage at the possibility that the Government will grant a pardon to former Attorney General Álvaro García Ortiz, convicted of revealing secrets, arguing that such a measure could be seen as an attempt at political protection and undermines equality before the law. #indulto #separaciondepoderes #justicia (translated)

"Today, when these same judges are sanctioned and their institutions are the target of attacks, we need people with courage, vision, and determination—qualities that Navi Pillay demonstrates in her work as a judge," said the chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Jørgen Watne Frydnes. #CortePenalInternacional #sanciones #Trump (translated)

Rafa Latorre criticizes the lack of public attention towards the harassment allegations made by Judge Beatriz Biedma in the David Sánchez case, highlighting the importance of her testimony and questioning the distribution of empathy in media coverage. #CloacasPSOE #CasoBiedma #JuecesValientes (translated)

MagistraThor stated that, in light of the facts of the "drains" case and those described by Judge Biedma, the majority had shown support and understanding towards her. She also pointed out that the leaders of Judges for Democracy had maintained an indifferent attitude, although she claimed that a good part of their base did not share that stance. Finally, she accused an individual of attacking and mocking the judge with extreme malice and asked that affection be expressed to her. #Justicia #Apoyo #Jueces (translated)

Lupe Sánchez held that courtesy towards the separation of powers had become obsolete and accused the ruling party of hiring hitmen and labeling the judges investigating their corruption as coup plotters and embezzlers. He also described the members of the Executive as bullies and claimed that every vote for the PSOE represented support for corruption, the mafia, and what he termed a "socialist narco-dictatorship." He added that no judge or court had the right to deprive Spaniards of knowing this stance. #Corrupción #Justicia #Política (translated)

Santi C. wrote that, in the Book of Judges, Gideon asked God how to choose his men for battle. According to his account, God instructed him to take his men to the river and observe how they drank: those who knelt and drank like dogs would not be the chosen ones. Gideon saw that a few drank without kneeling, with the spear in hand and their eyes on the horizon, and he understood that those were the men he needed. #Fe #Espiritualidad #Liderazgo (translated)

Gustavo Petro stated that removing ships from the OFAC list and adding magistrates, judges, human rights leaders, and presidents like him—whom he described as defenders of the rights of the Palestinian people to have a sovereign state and to demand a trial for genocide against Netanyahu—turned the list into an instrument of apartheid, rather than a tool against drug trafficking. He called it a "Nazi instrument" directed against those who, as he wrote, sought social justice and peace. #DerechosHumanos #JusticiaSocial #Paz (translated)

The author argued that no one could feel safe in a country whose Government was capable of killing judges. He also pointed out that Judge Biedma had said she feared for her life and that someone impersonated her brother and her secretary to spy on her, according to El Debate. (translated)

Gustavo Petro announced that he would launch a global campaign against what he described as the United States government's policy of using the OFAC list to punish those who had called for Benjamin Netanyahu to be tried for genocide. Petro stated that Netanyahu had killed 75,000 civilians by bombing their homes, including 22,000 babies. He also argued that the OFAC law had become an instrument of impunity for genociders and that it should not be obeyed anywhere in the world. He added that more than a dozen magistrates, judges, human rights defenders, and political leaders committed to international law and human justice had been condemned to what he described as a global apartheid for seeking justice. #DerechosHumanos #JusticiaGlobal #Genocidio (translated)

Gustavo Petro stated that the removal of dozens of Colombians linked to drug trafficking from the list of the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) could be justified if those individuals had genuinely distanced themselves from drug trafficking, and he considered it a sovereign decision by the United States. On the other hand, he argued that the list had become an instrument to prevent Benjamin Netanyahu from being tried for genocide. He said that the United States had included on it eight of the 17 judges of the International Criminal Court, UN officials like Francesca Albanese, organizations defending the rights of Palestinians, and himself for denouncing the genocide in Gaza. He also noted that on August 18, 2026, Tomoko Akane, president of the ICC, was sanctioned, whom he described as a prominent Japanese jurist. Petro claimed that the list had lost global legitimacy and called on countries and their citizens not to comply with it. He urged the international human rights movement to launch a campaign to remove all affected individuals, including himself, and criticized aviation companies for hindering his free movement for defending the rights of the Palestinian people. Finally, he maintained that the list was used to persecute politically identified civil groups, something he characterized as a crime against humanity under the Rome Statute. He asserted that those participating in that persecution should be prosecuted before the ICC. #DerechosHumanos #Narcotráfico #Justicia (translated)