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NLG letter to Honduran officials demands justice and accountability for murder of Berta Cáceres
National Lawyers Guild President Natasha Lycia Ora Bannan sent a letter in Spanish on behalf of the Guild to judicial officials in Honduras on 26 July, urging justice and full accountability for the murder of Berta Cáceres, the indigenous, environmental and human rights leader slain in her home on March 2, 2016. The first hearing in […]
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Statement of the 2018 United States Legal Delegation to Korea
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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NLG Denounces Civil Rights Violations Against Puerto Rican Activists and Human Rights Lawyers
May 10, 2018 Contact: Natasha Lycia Ora Bannan, NLG President president@nlg.org NEW YORK—The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) joins the Puerto Rican civil rights and legal communities in condemning the actions of law enforcement and the Puerto Rico Department of Justice (PRDOJ), in response to their ongoing persecution and intimidation of human rights lawyers and activists. […]
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NLG-IC Joins Letter Demanding NYC Bar Association Rescind Invitation to Israeli Apartheid Leader, Dani Dayan
Global Justice and Human Rights Network April 16, 2018 The New York City Bar Association ATTN: Senior Lawyers Committee, Barry Bloom, Chair New York, NY 10036 customerservice@nycbar.org cfavorite@nycbar.org efriedman@nycbar.org f.: 212-869-4451 t.: 212.382.6600 RE: A Conversation with Ambassador Dani Dayan, Consul General of Israel in New York: Public Affairs Luncheon Dear Senior Lawyers Committee of […]
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NLG Letter on paramilitary attack on Colombian Peace Community of San Jose de Apartado
The following letter was sent by NLG President Natasha Lycia Ora Bannan to Colombian President Juan Miguel Santos following a paramilitary attack on the Peace Comunity of San Jose de Apartado on December 29, 2017. The attack came following repeated complaints to the police and Colombian army in the area about threats to the Peace […]
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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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Joint statement on President Trump’s visit to Japan and South Korea
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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NLG International denounces U.S. withdrawal from UNESCO
The National Lawyers Guild International Committee denounces in the strongest terms the actions of United States President Donald Trump in withdrawing from UNESCO—the United Nations Economic, Scientific and Cultural Organization. The withdrawal of the United States from UNESCO in an attempt to suppress and delegitimize global support for the protection of Palestinian culture is an […]
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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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