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National Lawyers Guild initiates campaign to raise awareness of the attack on the Puerto Rican Bar Association
San Juan, Puerto Rico: A delegation of 15 people from the National Lawyers Guild International Committee has just concluded a four day visit to Puerto Rico. Contacts: Attorney Susan Scott, 916/849-3695, syscott@progidy.net Attorney Emily Yozell, 787/368-5740, emyozell@gmail.com After conducting an onsite investigation of the Puerto Rican government’s policies aimed at individuals who promote and defend […]
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Report from The Honduran Presidential Elections
Tanya Brannan I am an NLG-affiliated lawyer from Santa Rosa, California. I was part of a small delegation to Honduras over the week of Thanksgiving, 2009. The delegation was organized by Rights Action who expressly stated we were not to be election observers, because the elections were illegal and should not have happened. Instead, our […]
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NLG Delegation to the Philippines to Observe the May 2010 Elections
The Philippines Subcommittee is organizing a delegation of election observers in coordination with the People’s International Observers Mission 2010 (PIOM). Philippines elections are historically marked by rampant and deliberate use of fraud, violence, terrorism and wealth by the elite and traditional politicians to perpetuate their hold on power. This election season will be no different, […]
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Two Important Resources on Gaza: Links to IADL White Paper & NLG Gaza Delegation Report
A White Paper by the International Association of Democratic Lawyers explains the reasoning and legal bases underlying IADL’s condemnation of the Israeli bombardment and invasion of Gaza. And a Final Report by the NLG’s Delegation to Gaza states the evidence establishing the case that the Israeli military committed significant violations of international law. Important New […]
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Video: NLG Delgation to Gaza: Report to NLG Convention
Video of presentations by Radhika Sainath, Reem Salahi, Tom Nelson, and James Leas
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Delegation probes coup in Honduras
Jennifer Moore Since June 28 when the Honduran military shot their way through the backdoor of President Zelaya’s private residence, kidnapping and forcibly expatriating him to Costa Rica, the de facto regime has maintained that Zelaya’s removal was a constitutional transfer of power. For its part, the Obama Administration has condemned the ouster, but stopped […]
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Honduras: NLG Task Force of the Americas Speaking Out
Press Info, Report and Letters to Government issued Since June 28 when the Honduran military shot their way through the backdoor of President Zelaya’s private residence, kidnapping and forcibly expatriating him to Costa Rica, the de facto regime has maintained that Zelaya’s removal was a constitutional transfer of power. For its part, the Obama Administration […]
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Zelaya Returns to Honduras! NLG Message from Honduras Joint Delegation
Emily Yozell and Lucy Rodriguez were in Honduras from August 24-30 with our joint delegation with AAJ and IADL. We have posted their Preminary Report in Spanish and will post the English translation when we can. A final report should be available in the next few weeks. Meanwhile, there are important new developments with Zelaya’s […]
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HONDURAS MISSION — Informe Preliminar – English Version to Follow
Informe Preliminar Resumen Preliminar de la Visita de la Misión Internacional de Observación de la Asociación Americana de Juristas (AAJ), el National Lawyers Guild (NLG), la Asociación Internacional de Juristas Democráticos (IADL) y la Asociación Internacional Contra la Tortura (AICT) sobre la Situación de Crisis en Honduras Causada por el Golpe de Estado y el […]
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Honduras NLG/AAJ/IADL Delegation Returns: Op Ed from NLG’s Emily Yozell
A joint delegation of the Guild, AAJ and IADL returned on August 30 after a busy five day mission to Tegucigalpa. Their report will be posted at the Task Force on the Americas website in English and Spanish as soon as completed. Press Release August 31, 2009 Fact-finding mission of international jurists returns from Honduras […]
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