A Canadian pharmaceutical lobbying group, Innovative Medicines Canada (IMC), and its members filed a lawsuit on Friday against the government, resisting new regulations meant to lower patented drug prices. The lawsuit is the second legal challenge from the group within the past three months after the Canadian government made major reforms to lower drug prices. [...]

The UK’s House of Lords voted on Friday for legislation that blocks a no-deal Brexit, stymying efforts by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to strongarm the UK into leaving the EU without an exit plan. The legislation counters explicit efforts by Johnson to impede Parliament’s ability to take action ahead of the current October 31 Brexit [...]

The Report of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Burundi, released Wednesday, details human rights violations committed in Burundi since their last report in 2018. These violations include some international crimes and are mainly carried out by members of the youth league of the ruling party called the Imbonerakure. A political and economic crisis has [...]

The UK’s High Court ruled Wednesday that police use of facial recognition technology was legal and did not violate the Human Rights Act or Data Protection legislation. The central issue in this case was the South Wales Police’s (SWP) trial use of facial recognition technology, specifically a project known as AFR Locate. AFR Locate works [...]

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Wednesday withdrew an extradition bill that has sparked months of protests and violence. The extradition bill, first proposed by Lam’s government in April, permitted the government of the city to send accused criminals to mainland China following their conviction in Hong Kong. Since the handover from British to [...]

A Scottish Court of Sessions Judge ruled Wednesday Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to prorogue Parliament was legal. The decision by Lord Doherty came a day after British lawmakers voted to prevent Johnson from ending negotiations between Britain and the EU without a deal, sparking calls for an election. The petition originated from a group [...]

British lawmakers on Tuesday voted to prevent Prime Minister Boris Johnson from taking the country out of the EU without a formal agreement, pushing Britain to call for a new election. The lawmakers forced Johnson’s hand by voting by 328 to 301 to take control of Parliament away from the government and vote on legislation [...]

The secretary to the Sri Lankan president said Monday that the country’s Supreme Court has ruled against holding provincial council elections in the absence of a report by the delimitations review committee. President Maithripala Sirisena had, in an invocation of the Supreme Court’s consultative jurisdiction under Article 129 of Sri Lanka’s constitution, asked the court [...]

Former first lady of Guatemala and presidential candidate Sandra Torres was arrested on Monday in her home near Guatemala City for breaking campaign finance rules and for unlawful association. Torres and her political party, National Unity of Hope (UNE), have called the arrest politically motivated. Torres has thrice run unsuccessfully for the presidency of Guatemala. [...]

The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday ordered prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to reconsider her choice to not charge Israel for their raid on a flotilla carrying aid to the Gaza Strip. On May 31, 2010, Israeli Defence Forces attacked a flotilla carrying humanitarian aid, resulting in the death of eight Turks [...]