US trial of BNP Paribas begins over alleged role in Sudan human rights abuses

This is a rare case of a global bank being brought before a jury for its supposed role in human rights violations.  

The trial of the French bank BNP Paribas began in the United States last week, over its alleged financing of the Sudanese government’s human rights abuses under the rule of Omar Al-Bashir. 

The class-action lawsuit against France’s biggest bank was originally filed in 2016. The case was dismissed in 2018 but later…