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NLG IC statement on the attacks on Armenia and Artsakh/Nagorno-Karabakh
THE NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE STATEMENT ON THE ATTACKS ON ARMENIA AND THE DE FACTO INDEPENDENT REPUBLIC OF ARTSAKH/NAGORNO-KARABAKH The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) International Committee denounces in the strongest terms the large-scale military offensive against the autonomous Republic of Artsakh (also known as Nagorno-Karabakh) and Armenia by the authoritarian regime in Azerbaijan. The […]
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The National Lawyers Guild Mourns the Loss of People’s Lawyer Ebru Timtik
We are deeply saddened and angry by the loss of people’s lawyer Ebru Timtik of Turkey, who carried out a hunger strike for 238 days to demand justice in her case and those of her fellow wrongfully imprisoned people’s lawyers who were subjected to lengthy prison sentences for defending fellow political prisoners in Turkish prisons. […]
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Sign on: International Community Demands the Release of Jordan Teachers’ Syndicate Leaders and Restoration of the Union
The following statement was initiated by the National Lawyers Guild International Committee and the International Association of Democratic Lawyers. Add your signature here: https://bit.ly/jordanteachers We stand in solidarity with the Teachers’ Syndicate of Jordan and its detained leadership. On 25 July, the Jordanian government ordered the union shut down and its 13 central council members […]
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Sign on: Demand a fair trial for Ebru Timtik, Aytaç Ünsal and imprisoned lawyers in Turkey
Lawyers in Turkey are facing harsh repression. 18 lawyers, members of the Progressive Lawyers’ Association (ÇHD) in Turkey – an affiliate of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) were sentenced to total of 159 years in prison in March 2019, including Selcuk Kozagacli, a Bureau Member of IADL. They were tried and sentenced because […]
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Statement of International Solidarity with the People’s Movement in Algeria
The National Lawyers Guild is a signatory of the following statement: The Algerian anti-colonial revolution was a catalyst for liberation struggles around the world. Algeria has strayed far from that historic mission and the people’s independence was confiscated by a comprador military-oligarchic elite that, for decades, has dispossessed, pauperized and stifled Algerians and Algerian political […]
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NYC, June 12: “Couscous – Seeds of Dignity” Film Screening and Discussion
Tuesday, June 12 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm Verso’s Brooklyn Loft 20 Jay Street, Ste 1010 Brooklyn, NY Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/367103263777711/ We are delighted to invite you for a film screening and an evening discussion of Habib Ayeb’s “Couscous: Seeds of Dignity”. This award-winning documentary focuses on the political, social, economic and ecological conditions of cereal […]
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Turkey: IADL Protests the Arrest of Lawyer Selçuk Kozağaçlı and Demands his Immediate Release
The following statement was issued by the International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL), of which the NLG is a member organization. Jeanne Mirer, IC co-chair, is also President of the IADL, and IC co-chair Suzanne Adely is a member of the IADL’s Bureau. The International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) is a non-governmental organization of […]
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Azadeh Shahshahani: The US role in forced migration from the Middle East
The following piece was published in English and Arabic on Open Global Rights by Azadeh Shahshahani, Legal & Advocacy Project Director of Project South, past president of the National Lawyers Guild and past co-chair of the International Committee. The text is re-published below, or you can visit the original site
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NLG/IADL Report on the Hearing of Barkin Timtik in Turkey – 16 February 2017
The following report was issued by the members of the IADL/ELDH trial observation team at the hearing of Turkish lawyer Barkin Timtik on 16 February 2017. The IADL/ELDH team included two NLG representatives, Lorraine Leete and Kerry McLean. Download the report (PDF): Barkin Timtik Trial Observation Report 16 February 2017 Hearing – Barkın Timtik IADL Trial […]
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Help Support IADL Trial Observer Delegation to Turkey for Human Rights Lawyer Barkin Timtik
Please contribute to help the International Association of Democratic Lawyers – of which the NLG is a member – to form an international trial observer delegation to the case of Turkish human rights lawyer Barkin Timtik. Donate online: https://www.gofundme.com/iadl-trial-observer-delegation Human Rights Defenders Under Attack in Turkey Turkey is facing one of the most severe periods […]
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