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Honduras: Serious Irregularities Create Obstacles to Truth and Justice in Berta Cáceres Case
Tegucigalpa, October 25, 2018.- The Legal Observer Mission that is observing the trial for the assassination of human rights defender Berta Cáceres expresses its serious concern about the recent exclusion from the case of the victims’ private attorneys. This action compromises the principles of a fair and impartial trial, and is the latest in a […]
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Urgent: International Solidarity Needed with Migrant Caravan at Mexico’s Southern Border
Thousands of migrants from throughout Central America have joined the caravan that originated in Honduras, which is currently resuming its advance towards the U.S after initially being violently repressed at Mexico’s southern border with Guatemala by Mexican authorities. The Trump administration has targeted this mobilization with threats to close the U.S-Mexico border. The caravan is […]
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International Tribunal of Conscience hearings in Mexico City, November 2-3
PLEASE JOIN US! INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL OF CONSCIENCE TO HOLD HEARINGS IN MEXICO CITY NOV. 2-3 WITHIN FRAMEWORK OF VIII WORLD SOCIAL FORUM ON MIGRATION AND THE GLOBAL ASSEMBLY OF THE INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS’ ALLIANCE The International Tribunal of Conscience of Peoples in Movement is organizing special hearings in Mexico City Nov. 2nd and 3rd focused on serious […]
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Video: Full Webinar on Global Repression of Dissent – Palestine, Puerto Rico and the Philippines
The NLG’s National Office has made available a full recording of this webinar on global repression and resistance, filmed on 3 August 2018. Panelists from the NLG International Committee who discussed state and corporate repression of people’s movements in Palestine, Puerto Rico and the Philippines. (Other recordings of previous NLG webinars are available for streaming at the […]
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Legal delegation to Argentina investigates detention of Milagro Sala
The following report was issued by the Inter-American Legal Delegation to Argentina, which took place from June 7 to 14, 2018. National Lawyers Guild member Thomas Egan participated in the delegation along with two Canadian and two Colombian lawyers. The delegation was sponsored by two Argentine human rights organizations, the Permanent Assembly for Human Rights […]
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Register online for NLG International Committee CLE 2018: Protecting Our Future – Defend Voting Rights and Mitigate Climate Change
CLE Registration: Protecting Our Future – Defend Voting Rights and Mitigate Climate Change NLG International Committee CLE 2018: Protecting Our Future – Defend Voting Rights and Mitigate Climate Change This CLE will take place on Thursday, November 1 from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm at the NLG Law for the People Convention in Portland, Oregon […]
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NLG, Rights Groups Tell Universities Across the U.S. to Stand Up For Students and Faculty Under Attack
The following post is reposted in its majority from Palestine Legal: https://palestinelegal.org/news/rights-groups-tell-universities-protect-free-speech The NLG, Palestine Legal and 13 national civil rights and social justice groups wrote to 280 U.S. universities this week to demand that they take forceful action to protect free speech in response to targeted harassment by right-wing Israel advocacy groups. The letter describes the climate […]
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IADL condemns military intervention in Syria
The following statement was released by the International Association of Democratic Lawyers, of which the National Lawyers Guild is an affiliate: The International Association of Democratic Lawyers, a non-governmental organization founded in 1946, with member associations throughout the world and with consultative status in ECOSOC, condemns the April 13, 2018 airstrikes by the United States, […]
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NLG-IC Joins Letter Demanding NYC Bar Association Rescind Invitation to Israeli Apartheid Leader, Dani Dayan
Global Justice and Human Rights Network April 16, 2018 The New York City Bar Association ATTN: Senior Lawyers Committee, Barry Bloom, Chair New York, NY 10036 customerservice@nycbar.org cfavorite@nycbar.org efriedman@nycbar.org f.: 212-869-4451 t.: 212.382.6600 RE: A Conversation with Ambassador Dani Dayan, Consul General of Israel in New York: Public Affairs Luncheon Dear Senior Lawyers Committee of […]
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Northeast Asia Peace and Demilitarization Legal Delegation – May 2018
Sponsored by the Lawyers for Demilitarization and Peace in Korea, The Ubuntuworks Project and the International Committee of the National Lawyers Guild Please join us as we visit South Korea at this key time for peace in the region and also attend the National Japanese Lawyers Association for Freedom (JLAF) Convention in Japan. Many JLAF lawyers have attended […]
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