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2025 Romanian protests for judicial independence are a series ongoing protests that had begun in Romania as a result of an journalistic documentary released by Recorder that draws attention to corruption and deficiency at the top of the justice system of Romania.
In December 2025, after the release of journalistic investigation Captured Justice (Romanian : Justiție Capturată) by journalistic publication Recorder that present degradation of judiciary system of Romania, [1] several spontaneous protests that took place after the publication of the documentary gained momentum.
On December 10, in Bucharest, several hundred people demonstrated in front of the headquarters of the Superior Council of Magistracy, demanding the resignation of Lia Savonea. [2] On Thursday, the second day of protests, approximately 1,000 people gathered in Victoria Square, a place known for spontaneous anti-government protests. [3] [4] Spontaneous demonstrations also took place in Cluj-Napoca, Iași, and Timișoara. On Friday, December 12, approximately 4,500 protesters gathered to express their discontent in Victoria Square. [5] [6] On Saturday, December 13, the number of demonstrators jumped to almost 8,000 in Bucharest, [7] but protests also took place in Cluj-Napoca, Craiova, Iași, Brașov, Sibiu, Constanța, Timișoara, Ploiești, Galați, Oradea, and Satu Mare across the country.
On the evening of Sunday, December 14, a new large-scale demonstration took place in Bucharest and in major cities across the country. In the capital, protesters gathered in University Square from where they marched to Victory Square. According to media estimates, between 10,000 and 12,000 participants took part in the action, [8] most of them young people and students. In Cluj-Napoca, over 3,000 demonstrators marched through the city streets; other protests also took place in Timisoara, Iași, Craiova, Constanța, Buzău, Satu Mare, as well as in the Diaspora.