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The National Lawyers Guild stands steadfast in solidarity with the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FCC) and demands accountability for the May 2,2025 attack on the “Conscience” flotilla vessel
The National Lawyers Guild calls on all countries to meet their obligations to end the genocide on the Palestinian people, and stop all actions that make them complicit in genocide. No goods of any kind have entered Gaza in over eight weeks; medicine and basic first aid supplies are scarce, markets are empty, prices have […]
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May 14, Washington, DC: Join Taxpayers Against Genocide in filing a complaint against the US at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Join Taxpayers Against Genocide on May 14, 11 AM when we file an official complaint with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) against the U.S. government for direct participation in the genocide in Gaza. We will hold a press conference and rally in front of the IACHR (1889 F ST. NW, Washington DC) then […]
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NLG IC supports Taxpayers Against Genocide in filing UPR shadow report on the United States
The National Lawyers Guild International Committee, together with the International Association of Democratic Lawyers, supported Taxpayers Against Genocide in filing a shadow report to the Universal Periodic Review of the United States by the United Nations Human Rights Council, which will take place in November 2025. Taxpayers Against Genocide is a national grassroots movement fighting […]
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NLG files shadow report on the United States: “The Rights to Life and Health: How financing affects the right to health care in the U.S.”
The National Lawyers Guild, led by Martha Schmidt, co-chair of the Human Rights Framework Project of the International Committee, filed a shadow report for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the United States by the UN Human Rights Council, which will take place in November 2025. Entitled “The Rights to Life and Health: How financing […]
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Video: The Role of Lawyers and Legal Workers in Building a United Front to Challenge the Systems of Fascism
On Tuesday, March 25, the NLG International Committee hosted an international webinar on the role of lawyers and legal workers in building a united front to challenge fascist systems, with speakers from Turkey, Brazil, the Philippines and the United States. Moderated by NLG IC co-chairs Jeffrey Frank and Judith Mirkinson, speakers included: Jaribu Hill, Mississippi […]
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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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