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February 16, Webinar: The Case of Alex Saab — Imprisonment, Sanctions and a Gag Order
Join the National Lawyers Guild International Committee for a webinar on the case of Alex Saab, the Venezuelan diplomat currently imprisoned in a U.S. federal detention center on charges that are directly related to defiance of the U.S. attempt to impose regime change on Venezuela through the use of illegitimate unilateral coercive measures. Recently, a […]
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Free Alex Saab: Report from NLG and IADL Meeting with Imprisoned Venezuelan Diplomat
January 26, 2023 “A Nuclear Bomb would be better. At least with a Nuclear Bomb we die quickly. With the U.S. Sanctions we die every day.” – Alex Saab Members of the National Lawyers Guild and International Association of Democratic Lawyers met with Venezuelan special envoy and political prisoner Alex Saab this week in the […]
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January 28: Public Launch – People’s Tribunal on US Imperialism: Sanctions, Blockades and Economic Coercive Measures
The National Lawyers Guild and its International Committee are excited to co-sponsor of this important project, with a number of our members and leaders serving as jurors and steering committee members. After two years of dedicated organizing, we are excited to officially announce the launch of the International People’s Tribunal on U.S. Imperialism: Sanctions, Blockades, and […]
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January 26, Online Launch of the People’s Academy of International Law
Please join us for the webinar launch of… The Monique and Roland Weyl PEOPLE’S ACADEMY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW Thursday, January 26 1 pm UTC (5 am PT, 8 am ET, 2 pm CET, 10 pm JST) Register to attend: https://bit.ly/peoplesintlaw International law is in crisis. For too long, reactionary forces have tried to strip progressive […]
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Video: Launch of International People’s Tribunal on U.S. Imperialism: Sanctions, Blockades & Economic Coercive Measures
The United States, with the support of the United Nations and European Union, has imposed sanctions and other economic coercive measures on over 30 percent of the global population, mostly located in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Sanctions are one of the key tools of U.S. imperialism, leading to mass starvation and suffering of […]
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International People’s Tribunal on U.S. Imperialism: Sanctions, Blockades and Economic Coercive Measures — Introductory Webinar, March 18
This document has also been translated into Spanish, French, Arabic, Farsi, Mandarin, and Korean. INTRODUCING THE INTERNATIONAL PEOPLE’S TRIBUNAL ON U.S. IMPERIALISM: SANCTIONS, BLOCKADES & ECONOMIC COERCIVE MEASURES TAKING LEGAL ACTION TO CHALLENGE U.S. ATROCITIES Introductory Webinar March 18 — Register: https://bit.ly/launchtribunal March 1, 2022 – Presently, the United States, with the support of the […]
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Video: Webinar on Understanding the Crisis in Ukraine
On Monday, 28 February, the National Lawyers Guild International hosted a webinar on the crisis in Ukraine, featuring speakers: Yevgenii Gerasymenko, Ukrainian Association of Democratic Lawyers Marjorie Cohn, National Lawyers Guild International, International Association of Democratic Lawyers Jan Fermon, secretary-general, International Association of Democratic Lawyers Discussion facilitated by Suzanne Adely, NLG President and NLG […]
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450+ lawyers and legal organizations support Steven Donziger at his sentencing hearing
Over 450 lawyers and legal organizations around the world submitted a letter of support to Judge Preska in the sentencing hearing for Steven Donziger on Tuesday, September 21, 2021. The letter was coordinated by the National Lawyers Guild International Committee and the International Association of Democratic Lawyers. It urges Judge Preska “to sentence Mr. Donziger […]
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WPLC, IADL, and NLG file joint Amicus Brief Supporting the Hawaiian Kingdom’s Complaint against the US Requesting a Declaratory Judgment and Effective End of U.S. Occupation
July 30, 2021 Contact: Natali Segovia, Staff Attorney, WPLC: defense@waterprotectorlegal.org NLG International Committee: international@nlg.org Download the amicus brief here. Honolulu—The Water Protector Legal Collective (WPLC), alongside the International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) and National Lawyers Guild (NLG), filed an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief today in support of the Hawaiian Kingdom’s complaint […]
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UN Office of High Commissioner issues report on systemic racism in policing, calls for meaningful change
On June 8, 2020, the families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Michael Brown and Philando Castile, together with more than 600 rights groups, petitioned the UN Human Rights Council to convene a special session to appoint a Commission of Inquiry to investigate the on-going crisis of police violence and systemic racism in policing resulting in […]
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