A jury in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Tuesday found Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.’s former executive officer Gary Tanner and former CEO of Philidor Rx Services, LLC (Philidor) Andrew Davenport guilty for their roles in the multimillion-dollar kickback scheme. The convictions include counts related to wire fraud and [...]

The First Criminal Senate of Germany’s Schleswig-Holstein Higher Regional Court on Tuesday rejected the Attorney General’s request to rearrest former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont, saying the risk of Puigdemont absconding are slight. The Neumünster District Court rejected an extradition request for Puigdemont on a rebellion charge for his role during Catalonia’s independence movement. Though the [...]

Judge Arenda Wright Allen ruled in favor of transgender teen Gavin Grimm Monday, denying the Gloucester County School Board’s motion to dismiss a challenge to the school board’s bathroom policy. The school board had prohibited Grimm from using the boys’ restrooms on the justification that his biological gender was female. Grimm brought a Title IX [...]

Amnesty International reported on Tuesday that a Rohingya militant group known as the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) is behind at least one massacre against Hindus in the Rakhine State that took place last August, as well as other incidences of murders and abductions. Amnesty wrote that on August 25, 2017, ARSA murdered 53 Hindu [...]

UN Special Rapporteur Maud de Boer-Buquicchio on Monday urged Ireland to include a national strategy to prevent and respond to sexual violence against children. “I recognise the considerable progress made by Ireland in passing laws which strengthen protection against child marriage, sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children, including through the use of Information and [...]

Britain’s Southwark Crown Court dismissed charges against Barclays regarding agreements between the bank and Qatari investors during the 2008 financial crisis. The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) , a British anticorruption government organization, charged Barclays and four of its former executives in June 2017 with conspiracy to commit fraud and violation of the Companies Act of [...]

The government of Palestine submitted a referral to the International Criminal Court , which was received by the ICC on Tuesday. Palestine urges the ICC to investigate what it deems “war crimes and crimes against humanity” carried out by Israel’s government in Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem. Palestine alleges in its referral that Israel’s government [...]

US President Donald Trump signed a resolution Monday that overturns a 2013 lending rule intended to prevent racial bias in auto loan interest rates. The original rule was issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and was titled the “Indirect Auto Lending and Compliance with the Equal Credit Opportunity Act.” Under this rule, automobile [...]

In his speech marking the 25th Anniversary of the Vienna Declaration, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said, “human rights all around the world are no longer a priority to countries.” His speech was given to mark the 25th Anniversary of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action , adopted on [...]

Ongoing violence in Libya is having a devastating impact on health care, according to a Tuesday report from the UN Human Rights Office and UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) studying the effects from May 1, 2017, to May 1, 2018. The report highlights the effects of crossfire between armed groups on hospitals and other [...]