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Genocide Verdict against BNP Paribas for
Sudan Class Counsel Fight Set for December
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By Matthew
Russell Lee, Book
here
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Nov 26 – BNP Paribas was sued
in 2016 for enabling genocide
in Sudan, and raised as its
defense the laws of
Switzerland and that the UN
did the same thing.
In
September 2025 Inner City
Press covered the trial as a
former compliance officer was
asked about blocked
transactions resubmitted
without the word Sudan and
passing; and a journalist
testified about El Fasher,
where Inner City Press
reported on UN corruption
until it was (and still is)
banned.
On October 16 the
closings, in which BNP's
lawyer said among other things
that BNP thought things were
getting better in Sudan
because the UN was there, and
the IMF. Thread.
On October 17,
the verdict:
2:15 pm Deputy:
Have plaintiffs proved BNP is
liable?
Foreperson: Yes
Deputy: How much
to Turjuman Ramadan Adam?
Foreperson: $6.75
million
Deputy: And to first
plaintiff? Foreperson: $7.3
million Deputy: And second?
Foreperson: $6.7 million
[Plus Turjuman's
$6.75 = $20,750,000 that BNP
owes - but they will move for
"judgment as a matter of law -
a UN-like impunity move.]
Then "Banking on
Dictators" book here
Jump cut to
November 11, after some
censorship, when plaintiffs'
counsel filed that BNP
Paribas' online attacks on
taint, citing Ms. Boyd's
misconduct, could "serve the
improper purpose of
influencing public opinion."
But on November
12 Judge Hellerstein rejected
Barry Berke's taint claims,
and urged him to work toward
settling the other (23,000)
cases. Thread
On November 26,
Judge Hellerstein set a
hearing on "the pending
motions by each class counsel
to disqualify the other shall
be heard December 4, 2025,
10:30 am, in Courtroom 14D,
500 Pearl Street, NYC 10007.
By noon, December 2, 2025,
class counsel separately shall
produce to the court for in
camera inspection: 1. All
agreements and memoranda of
understanding between them; 2.
All agreements with third
parties based on, or
involving, the financing of,
or investments in, the class
litigation; 3. All retainer
and fee agreements, and all
powers of attorney, with
plaintiffs and with members of
the class; and 4. An estimate
of their total fees and
expenses thus far incurred. SO
ORDERED. (Signed by Judge
Alvin K. Hellerstein on
11/26/2025)
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