International Committee News

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  National Lawyers Guild demands justice for Dr. Helyeh Doutaghi, legal scholar suspended by Yale Law School for defending Palestine

  The National Lawyers Guild and its International Committee express our strongest solidarity with international law scholar, anti-imperialist academic, and Deputy Director of the Law and Political Economy Project at Yale Law School, Dr. Helyeh Doutaghi. Dr. Doutaghi has been placed on leave and banned from campus after she was the subject of an attack article […]

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  National Lawyers Guild Condemns the Targeted Detention of Palestinian Student Organizer Mahmoud Khalil and Reiterates its Call for “Sanctuary Universities” to Protect their Students and Workers from Escalating State Repression

  The National Lawyers Guild and its International Committee condemn the escalation of federal repression. The arrest and detention of Mahmoud Khalil demonstrates a dangerous increase in both the criminalization of protest in the United States and the targeting of immigrants. It is also a frightening evolution in the ongoing assault against the movement of students […]

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  March 25, Webinar: The Role of Lawyers and Legal Workers in Building a United Front to Challenge the Systems of Fascism

  The Role of Lawyers & Legal Workers in  BUILDING a UNITED FRONT  to CHALLENGE the SYSTEMS of FASCISM A Conversation with People’s Lawyers from  Mississippi, Brazil, Turkey and the Philippines   March 25th 1 pm Brazil time, 12 pm ET, 11 am CT, 9 am PT Register Here : bit.ly/lawyersagainstfascism   Speakers include: Jaribu Hill, Mississippi Workers Center for Human […]

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  The National Lawyers Guild Says Ceasefire Today, Liberation Tomorrow!

  The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) welcomes the announcement of a ceasefire in the occupied territory of Gaza. This is the least that could happen, given Israel’s recent escalation of their 76-year, ongoing, genocidal campaign against Palestinians. It comes at a time when the death toll has exceeded 46,000 people, with reports that this number is undercounted. Israel […]

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  Thurs Nov. 14: IACHR Regional Thematic Hearing on Special Economic Zones, ZEDEs and their effects on residents and working people

  This Thurs, November 14 at 4 pm ET (1 pm PT), there will be an unprecedented Regional Thematic Hearing at the InterAmerican Human Rights Commission in Washington, DC, on the Human Rights Impacts of “Special Economic Zones and Low Transparency Jurisdictions”.  This is part of the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights 191st Period of Sessions […]

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  NLG, IADL and Progressive International Palestine Delegation: Report with Findings and Conclusions

  The Progressive International, the National Lawyers Guild and the International Association of Democratic Lawyers co-convened an emergency delegation to the West Bank of occupied Palestine, beginning on October 28, 2024. The delegation brought together legal experts, human rights defenders, and parliamentary representatives to hear witness testimony, conduct site visits, and gather evidence of these violations […]

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  POSTPONED: Individual and Collective Human Rights and Challenges to their Realization – Course 5B of the People’s Academy of International Law

  Please note, this event has been POSTPONED due to circumstances outside our control. It will not take place on Thursday, October 24. We apologize for the inconvenience, and we hope you can join us when we announce the rescheduled date in the future. Thank you. Course 5B of the People’s Academy of International Law: Individual […]

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  NLG IC condemns the assassination of Juan Lopez, Honduran water defender & mining resistance leader

  The National Lawyers Guild International Committee strongly condemns the assassination of Juan López, Guapinol River water protector and mining resistance leader, in Honduras. Juan was a key leader of the community defenders of the national parks and rivers and a healthy environment for the 14 communities impacted by the mining project. The NLG IC is […]

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  NLG: Solidarity with the UHURU 3! FightBack Against Unjust Conspiracy Verdict.

  The National Lawyer Guild congratulates the Uhuru 3 for successfully fighting back against false FARA-related charges & strongly condemns convictions on fabricated and politically motivated charges of Conspiracy  The trial of Uhuru 3 is one of the most important First Amendment cases in the 21st century.  On September 12, 2024 a federal jury in Tampa, […]

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  September 24, Webinar: The Repression of Political Dissent in the West — Anti-Colonial & Anti-Zionist Resistance

  Tuesday, September 24th – 5pm ET/2 pm PT   Register here: https://bit.ly/fightrepression Join the NLG International Committee and Palestine Subcommittee for our upcoming discussion on the rising criminalization of Palestinian Solidarity, anti-colonial and anti-imperialist movements in the West: Zaid Abdulnasser – former Samidoun member and anti-repression campaigner, Germany Zaid will speak on the ban in […]

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