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National Lawyers Guild International stands with Movement Lawyers across the UK and Europe in Defending the Right to Protest in Berlin, Germany on May 15, 2025 – Nakba Day
May 15th, 2025 National Lawyers Guild International stands with Movement Lawyers across the UK and Europe in Defending the Right to Protest in Berlin, Germany on May 15, 2025 – Nakba Day Contacts: Suzanne Adely, National Lawyers Guild, US: suzanne.adely@gmail.com Oscar Leyens, Attorney, International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network, UK: oleyens@me.com Berlin Organizers Email: nakba77_berlin@systemli.org Pavel […]
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The National Lawyers Guild stands steadfast in solidarity with the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FCC) and demands accountability for the May 2,2025 attack on the “Conscience” flotilla vessel
The National Lawyers Guild calls on all countries to meet their obligations to end the genocide on the Palestinian people, and stop all actions that make them complicit in genocide. No goods of any kind have entered Gaza in over eight weeks; medicine and basic first aid supplies are scarce, markets are empty, prices have […]
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NLG IC supports Taxpayers Against Genocide in filing UPR shadow report on the United States
The National Lawyers Guild International Committee, together with the International Association of Democratic Lawyers, supported Taxpayers Against Genocide in filing a shadow report to the Universal Periodic Review of the United States by the United Nations Human Rights Council, which will take place in November 2025. Taxpayers Against Genocide is a national grassroots movement fighting […]
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National Lawyers Guild demands justice for Dr. Helyeh Doutaghi, legal scholar suspended by Yale Law School for defending Palestine
The National Lawyers Guild and its International Committee express our strongest solidarity with international law scholar, anti-imperialist academic, and Deputy Director of the Law and Political Economy Project at Yale Law School, Dr. Helyeh Doutaghi. Dr. Doutaghi has been placed on leave and banned from campus after she was the subject of an attack article […]
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National Lawyers Guild Condemns the Targeted Detention of Palestinian Student Organizer Mahmoud Khalil and Reiterates its Call for “Sanctuary Universities” to Protect their Students and Workers from Escalating State Repression
The National Lawyers Guild and its International Committee condemn the escalation of federal repression. The arrest and detention of Mahmoud Khalil demonstrates a dangerous increase in both the criminalization of protest in the United States and the targeting of immigrants. It is also a frightening evolution in the ongoing assault against the movement of students […]
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NLG, IADL and Progressive International Palestine Delegation: Report with Findings and Conclusions
The Progressive International, the National Lawyers Guild and the International Association of Democratic Lawyers co-convened an emergency delegation to the West Bank of occupied Palestine, beginning on October 28, 2024. The delegation brought together legal experts, human rights defenders, and parliamentary representatives to hear witness testimony, conduct site visits, and gather evidence of these violations […]
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NLG IC condemns the assassination of Juan Lopez, Honduran water defender & mining resistance leader
The National Lawyers Guild International Committee strongly condemns the assassination of Juan López, Guapinol River water protector and mining resistance leader, in Honduras. Juan was a key leader of the community defenders of the national parks and rivers and a healthy environment for the 14 communities impacted by the mining project. The NLG IC is […]
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NLG IC joins US-based organizations in solidarity with Booker Omole of the Communist Party of Kenya
US-BASED ORGANIZATIONS STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH BOOKER OMOLE & DEMAND AN END TO HIS REPRESSION We write as US-based organizations that have worked closely with Booker Omole, National Vice Chairperson and National Organizing Secretary of the Communist Party of Kenya. We stand in firm solidarity with Mr. Omole, who was unjustly detained as he prepared […]
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Gremio Nacional de Abogados condena intervención y amenazas de Estados Unidos al proceso de reforma judicial interna de México
El Gremio Nacional de Abogados (Estados Unidos), por su Comité Internacional, se opone firmemente al actual intento del gobierno de los Estados Unidos de interferir en la soberanía y asuntos internos de México, amenazando con repercusiones económicas si México implementa reformas democráticas en el poder judicial de su gobierno y movilizando al gobierno de Canadá […]
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National Lawyers Guild condemns U.S. intervention in and threats against Mexico’s internal judicial reform process
The National Lawyers Guild International Committee strongly objects to the ongoing attempt by the United States government to interfere in the sovereignty and internal affairs of Mexico, by threatening economic repercussions if Mexico implements democratic reforms in the judicial branch of its government, and by mobilizing the government of Canada to join it in these […]
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