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Israel Declares Shooting Of American An “Act Of War” To Avoid Compensation
Israel has declared the shooting of unarmed American demonstratorTristan Anderson in the West Bank to be an “act of war” in a bid to avoid compensating his family. The Israeli Army Ministry sent a lettercontaining this declaration to the Anderson family’s lawyers, according to attorney Leah Tsemel who is perusing a civil suit against the […]
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Delegation probes coup in Honduras
Jennifer Moore Since June 28 when the Honduran military shot their way through the backdoor of President Zelaya’s private residence, kidnapping and forcibly expatriating him to Costa Rica, the de facto regime has maintained that Zelaya’s removal was a constitutional transfer of power. For its part, the Obama Administration has condemned the ouster, but stopped […]
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Shut Down the School of the Americas/Assassins!
NLG International CoChair Joins Father Roy Bourgeois and Thousands of Others at Fort Benning NLG International Committee Co-Chair Azadeh Shahshahani joined Father Roy Bourgeois at Fort Benning Georgia’s School of the Americas (now called Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation) for the annual protest against the institution that has trained most of Latin America’s military […]
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Impact of Federal Anti-Boycott And Other Laws On BDS Campaigns
NLG International Committee issues legal memo for activists BDS activists should be aware that there is a federal law containing anti-boycott provisions – the Export Administration Act of 1979 (“Act”) – that opponents of an Israel boycott may assert makes boycotting Israel illegal. This memo is intended to provide you with responses to this assertion […]
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Honduras: NLG Task Force of the Americas Speaking Out
Press Info, Report and Letters to Government issued Since June 28 when the Honduran military shot their way through the backdoor of President Zelaya’s private residence, kidnapping and forcibly expatriating him to Costa Rica, the de facto regime has maintained that Zelaya’s removal was a constitutional transfer of power. For its part, the Obama Administration […]
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Sison Removed from EU Terrorist Blacklist
Yesterday, the European Court of First Instance annulled all decisions and a regulation of the Council of the European Union that had maintained Jose Maria Sison on its terrorist blacklist in their judgment on case T-341/07. The decison directly unfreezes Sison’s bank account and allows him to once again engage in financial dealings. Sison can […]
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Zelaya Returns to Honduras! NLG Message from Honduras Joint Delegation
Emily Yozell and Lucy Rodriguez were in Honduras from August 24-30 with our joint delegation with AAJ and IADL. We have posted their Preminary Report in Spanish and will post the English translation when we can. A final report should be available in the next few weeks. Meanwhile, there are important new developments with Zelaya’s […]
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HONDURAS MISSION — Informe Preliminar – English Version to Follow
Informe Preliminar Resumen Preliminar de la Visita de la Misión Internacional de Observación de la Asociación Americana de Juristas (AAJ), el National Lawyers Guild (NLG), la Asociación Internacional de Juristas Democráticos (IADL) y la Asociación Internacional Contra la Tortura (AICT) sobre la Situación de Crisis en Honduras Causada por el Golpe de Estado y el […]
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NLG Korean Peace Project Joins National Strategy Session
On September 16-17 the NLG Korean Peace Project will participate in the National Campaign to End the Korean War’s National Strategy Session in Washington DC. Key experts on Korean Policy and lobbying from around the country will gather to learn about successful Capital Hill strategies and to plan organizing to further our efforts to end […]
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Honduras NLG/AAJ/IADL Delegation Returns: Op Ed from NLG’s Emily Yozell
A joint delegation of the Guild, AAJ and IADL returned on August 30 after a busy five day mission to Tegucigalpa. Their report will be posted at the Task Force on the Americas website in English and Spanish as soon as completed. Press Release August 31, 2009 Fact-finding mission of international jurists returns from Honduras […]
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