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National Lawyers Guild joins in the global outrage over the decision of the Israeli Defense Ministry to designate vital Palestinian civil society organizations as “terrorist” and urges the U.S. State Department to immediately voice U.S rejection of these designations.
On October 19, 2021, the Israeli Defense Ministry issued a military order declaring six Palestinian civil society organizations “terrorist organizations.” The groups named are: Al Haq; Addameer; Defense For Children International-Palestine; Bisan; the Union of Agricultural Work Committees; and the Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees. The decision is an appalling and dangerous development in Israel’s […]
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African Union: Withdraw Israel’s Observer Status
The National Lawyers Guild International Committee is an endorser of the following statement to the African Union, urging the AU to withdraw the observer status for the apartheid state of Israel: (Washington D.C., October 4, 2021) – The African Union (AU) should withdraw the observer status granted on July 22 to Israel, an apartheid state […]
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NLG IC joins statement calling for justice in Berta Caceres case in Honduras
The National Lawyers Guild International Committee is a signatory of the following statement: Español aquí The Expert Observation Mission in the Berta Cáceres Case calls on the Sentencing Court to issue the sentence in accordance with the conviction handed down 3 months ago today against Roberto David Castillo Mejía for the murder of Berta Isabel […]
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