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Video: Launch of International People’s Tribunal on U.S. Imperialism: Sanctions, Blockades & Economic Coercive Measures
Posted on March 23, 2022
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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Video: NLG’s Eric Sirotkin on US-DPRK summit in Singapore
Posted on June 13, 2018
National Lawyers Guild International Committee member and the chair of Lawyers for Peace and Demilitarization in Korea, Eric Sirotkin, spoke on RT on June 12 about his thoughts on the U.S.-DPRK summit that took place in Singapore. “The days and weeks ahead are essential for showing whether this is for show or whether it’s something […]

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Video: Eric Sirotkin speaks on peace in Korea
Posted on May 22, 2018
The following interview on RT International features NLG IC member and coordinator of Lawyers for Peace and Disarmament in Korea, Eric Sirotkin. Eric was interviewed from Seoul on May 16, where he and other NLG and LPDK members were conducting a U.S. legal delegation to support peace in Korea. Watch the interview online:

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Statement of the 2018 United States Legal Delegation to Korea
Posted on May 22, 2018
The following statement was released by the U.S. legal delegation to Korea, including members of the National Lawyers Guild and Lawyers for Peace and Demilitarization in Korea, on May 17, 2018: Following the meeting of the leaders of Korea which captured the imagination of the world and created hope for a real and lasting peace […]

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Northeast Asia Peace and Demilitarization Legal Delegation – May 2018
Posted on February 12, 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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Joint statement on President Trump’s visit to Japan and South Korea
Posted on November 6, 2017
On the occasion of the visit of US president Trump to Japan and South Korea, we demand an end to the US- DPRK escalation in military threats. On September 19, 2017, in his first appearance before the United Nations, President Donald Trump threatened to totally destroy North Korea, showing absolute contempt and disregard for all […]

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Video: NLG IC Press Conference against U.S. threats of war in Korean peninsula
Posted on October 18, 2017
On Wednesday, October 18, the National Lawyers Guild International Committee organized a press conference at the Solidarity Center in New York City against U.S. threats of war in the Korean peninsula, especially following President Donald Trump’s threats from the United Nations platform to “destroy” North Korea. Watch the video online: “The progressive legal community is […]

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18 October, NYC: Press Conference: Lawyers and activists on Trump’s dangerous, illegal threats to “destroy” North Korea
Posted on October 16, 2017
MEDIA ADVISORY For Wednesday, 10am October 18, 2017 Contact: international@nlg.org NEW YORK– In his address to the United Nations, U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to “totally destroy North Korea,” violating the UN charter within its own walls and raising the specter of genocide and crimes against humanity in violation of the UN Charter (which as a ratified treaty […]

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Video: Webinar on “How to Have Peace in Korea”
Posted on August 30, 2017
Lawyers for Demilitarization and Peace in Korea, the Ubuntuworks Education Project and the National Lawyers Guild organized a webinar on 21 August featuring human rights lawyer Eric Sirotkin on “everything you wanted to know about Korea but that the US government is afraid you’ll ask.” The full video of the webinar is now available for […]

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REGISTER for Webinar, August 21: Looming War in Korea – What keeps peace so elusive and what can be done?
Posted on August 15, 2017
Eric Sirotkin of the Lawyers for Disarmament and Peace in Korea (www.ldpk.org), the Ubuntuworks Education Project and the National Lawyers Guild invites you to a scheduled Zoom webinar. Mr. Sirotkin, a long time human rights attorney and author will present based upon his many trips to both North and South Korea as well as work […]

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