Spanish anitrust agency Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Compentencia (CNMC) Tuesday fined US pharmaceutical company Merck Sharp and Dohme (MSD) 39 million euros for abuse of the market. The agency claims that MSD took unjustified legal action against its Spanish competitor Insud Phrama under the false pretense of protecting its patent. According to [...]

The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) Sunday announced that the group has suspended its review of prison in Australia because delegates were unable to adequately visit facilities. The visit was conducted under the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture & other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT), ratified by [...]

The Qatar Preventive Security Department arbitrarily arrests and abuses LGBTQ people, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Monday. Between 2019 and 2022, reporters found six cases of “severe and repeated beatings” and five cases of sexual harassment of people in custody. HRW interviewed six Qataris who were held “in an underground prison in Al Dafneh, Doha” [...]

James Ekin is a UK staff correspondent for JURIST. Liz Truss made her final statement outside Downing Street at 10am UK time on 25th October 2022. In her statement outside the famous facade of Downing Street she said: “It has been a huge honour to be Prime Minister of this great country, in particular, to [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Monday announced multiple criminal charges against citizens of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). In a press conference, US Attorney General Merrick Garland stated that regional justice departments in the Eastern District of New York and the District of New Jersey arrested two and charged 13 people allegedly acting [...]

Former Minneapolis police officer J. Alexander Kueng Monday pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter for his involvement in the death of George Floyd, the Associated Press reported. At a later date, Kueng will be sentenced to 42 months in prison served concurrently with his existing three-year federal sentence for violating Floyd’s constitutional rights. Kueng aided [...]

Turkish authorities arbitrarily arrested, detained and deported hundreds of Syrian refugee men and boys to Syria between February and July 2022, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Monday. The report found that hundreds of Syrian refugees have been arrested in their homes, workplaces and on the street. They are then detained in poor conditions, subjected to ill-treatment and forced over [...]

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Monday put a temporary hold on a lower court order requiring Senator Lindsey Graham to testify in court. Thomas did not offer any explanation for his decision. After the 2020 presidential election, Graham called Georgia legislators and allegedly tried to convince them to change their election procedures in ways that [...]

The University and College Union (UCU) Monday announced that UCU members voted “overwhelmingly in favor” of a strike. The vote was sparked by pay disputes and pension cuts for British university staff. The UCU held the vote on October 21. Over 70,000 staff from 150 universities participated in the vote. The results showed 81.1% of [...]

US, UK and Australian government bodies Sunday warned of an increased risk of terrorist attacks in Nigeria, particularly in capital city Abuja. The governments advised travellers against non-essential travel to the nation. The US Embassy and Consulate in Nigeria released a statement, explaining that “targets may include, but are not limited to, government buildings, places [...]