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Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico: Cancel the debt – emergency relief now
Following years of colonialism and the intensified assault of austerity in the past several years, Puerto Rico is suffering from the destruction caused by Hurricane Maria and the massive impact of climate change. As the National Lawyers Guild International Committee, we demand the immediate cancellation of Puerto Rico’s debt. We also join the many calls […]
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IADL statement of shock and alarm on the situation of the Rohingya in Myanmar
The following statement was issued by the International Association of Democratic Lawyers, the global alliance of progressive lawyers of which the NLG is a member: The International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) expresses its shock and alarm at the reported massacres of the Rohingya Community of Rakhine province carried out by the Army of Myanmar. […]
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Full Video: Peace Beyond the Peace Talks – Updates on the Philippine Situation with the NDFP Negotiating Panel
The National Lawyers Guild joined the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines to host a series of livestream screenings of a forum on the peace process in the Philippines with representatives of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines negotiating panel on Saturday, August 26. The livestreams took place in cities across the […]
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September 2017: International Tribunal of Conscience in Mexico – Support and Learn More
The National Lawyers Guild and its upcoming delegation to Mexico will be participating in the International Tribunal of Conscience which will take place in Mexico from September 23-30, 2017. This Tribunal will take place at the site of the Ayotzinapa school were 43 students were disappeared in September 2014 while on their way to a […]
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National Lawyers Guild International Statement in Support of Palestinian Professor Rabab Abdulhadi
Prof. Rabab Abdulhadi of San Francisco State University (SFSU), along with several campus administrators, is named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by the Lawfare Project on June 19, 2017. The lawsuit makes the unsubstantiated claim that the SFSU College of Ethnic Studies, created as the result of the 1968 student strike and which […]
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Lawyers for Demilitarization and Peace in Korea urges peace on Korean peninsula
Contact: Eric Sirotkin, Esq. eric@ericsirotkin.com 541.778.4897 The standoff on the Korean Peninsula has reached a boiling point that is dangerous for all peoples of the world. The Lawyers for Demilitarization and Peace in Korea and the International Committee of the National Lawyers Guild condemn calls for a military solution in Korea. We reject the threat […]
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NLG and partners issue letter to Congress against Israel Anti-Boycott Act
The National Lawyers Guild has joined with legal and human rights organizations across the US in opposition to the Israel Anti-Boycott Act (S. 720 and H.R. 1697). The Act has received press attention and criticism from an array of civil rights and legal organizations because of its unconstitutional bans and criminal penalties for political speech, […]
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International Committee Events at the NLG Convention
The following schedule highlights activities of the International Committee and IC members at the Convention. There’s a whole schedule of important activities – learn more online at the schedule: https://www.nlg.org/2017programming/ Events take place at : Washington Court Hotel, 525 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 Metro: Union Station UDC School of Law, 4340 Connecticut Ave […]
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CLE Registration: ” The Use of International Law to Confront the Trump Agenda” – join us August 3!
International Committee CLE: The Use of International Law to Confront the Trump Agenda Online Registration This CLE will take place on Thursday, August 3 from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm at the UDC David A. Clarke School of Law:4340 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008. (Map). NLG Convention participants, non-participants and all interested lawyers, legal workers and law […]
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Open Letter to U.N. Secretary-General on Palestinian prisoners’ hunger strike
The National Lawyers Guild joined the Center for Constitutional Rights, International Association of Democratic Lawyers, International Federation for Human Rights and Palestine Legal to write an open letter to the UN Secretary General, António Guterres, on the 37th day of a hunger strike by Palestinians in Israeli prison. The letter urged the UN to call […]
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