Four individuals filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of New York District Court on Monday against Trump Corporation and Donald Trump alleging violations of the Racketeering Influenced and Corruption Organizations (RICO) Act. The lawsuit also names Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, and Ivanka Trump as defendants. The lawsuit alleges that the defendants made false and [...]
Amnesty International on Tuesday accused Madagascar of an “unjustified, excessive, prolonged and otherwise abusive use of pre-trial detention.” The law in Madagascar allows pre-trial detentions to last as long as 5.5 years for adults and 2.75 years for children. In the second quarter of 2017, 45 percent of minors that were released from pre-trial detention [...]
The US Court of Appeals for Ninth Circuit on Tuesday reversed the dismissal of a lawsuit against Nestle, Cargill Cocoa and other companies accusing them of aiding and abetting child slave labor in the Ivory Coast. The lawsuit was brought by former child slaves who worked on cocoa farms in the Ivory Coast. Nestle and [...]
The High Court of Maldives overturned a bribery conviction against opposition leader Qasim Ibrahim on Monday. The charge was overturned due to procedural violations by the Criminal Court. Ibrahim was accused of bribing lawmakers in order to support a no-faith motion against the parliamentary speaker. The trial was accused of violating due process violations and being [...]
The Supreme Court of the Maldives on Sunday rejected a petition from President Abdulla Yameen to annul the results of the September 23 election and start an investigation into vote-rigging and electoral fraud. The court ruling was unanimous. Yameen lost the election by 38,653 votes. There were a total of 233,877 votes cast in the [...]
Audi AG announced on Tuesday that it has been fined €800 million (USD $926 million) in Germany for emissions failures. The fines were leveled by the Munich II public prosecutor. Of the total fine, €5 million is from negligent regulatory offences, and the remaining €795 million is from disgorgement of economic benefits. The fines also [...]
PEN America filed a lawsuit against US President Donald Trump on Tuesday in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York alleging several violations of the First Amendment’s protection of freedom of the press. The plaintiffs allege retaliatory actions for unfavorable news reporting, including, “initiating a government review to raise postal rates; [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the UK Monday to amend a new counter-terrorism bill, stating that the bill “excessively restrict freedom of expression, freedom of movement, and privacy.” The Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill makes it illegal for someone to express support for a terrorist organization if it “reckless” encourages others to support the [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Tuesday allowed the US Department of Energy (DOE) to halt construction on a mixed oxide fuel (MOX) fabrication facility project in South Carolina. The appeals court granted a motion to stay an injunction granted by the US District Court of South Carolina that had prevented the DOE [...]
UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment David Boyd called Monday for accelerated action to combat climate change. The statement comes after the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C. Boyd said that climate change is “one of the greatest threats to human [...]
