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  • NLG calls on State Department to intervene in the case of Ameer Makhoul

    Posted on July 18, 2010

    The National Lawyers Guild, in coordination with other legal and grassroots human rights organizations, addressed this letter to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, calling upon the State Department to act on the case of Ameer Makhoul, Palestinian human rights advocate and leader among Palestinian citizens of Israel, who has been imprisoned on trumped-up security […]

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  • NLG Lawyers Issue Report on Rapes in Haiti’s Tent Cities Guild: Lawyers at IJDH, MADRE, and University of Minnesota Lead Report Team

    Posted on July 18, 2010

    For Immediate Release July 27, 2010 Contact:Blaine Bookey, Esq., Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haitiblaine@ijdh.org, 415–515-8956 Rape in Haiti:Human Rights Groups Release Comprehensive Report on Violence Against Women and Girls in Post-Earthquake Haiti July 27, 2010; Port-au-Prince, Haiti — More than six months after Port-au-Prince was leveled by the January 12 earthquake, hundreds of […]

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  • NLG, AAJ, IADL Joint Report on Honduras Coup now available in English translation

    Posted on June 27, 2010

    The joint report of the October 2009 joint delegation to Honduras of the National Lawyers Guild, the Association of American Jurists and the International Association of Democratic Lawyers is now available in English. This important report details the constitutional and political aspects of the coup in Honduras, and provides an important constitutional law analysis of […]

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  • International Committee Presents on Puerto Rico to UN Decolonization Committee

    Posted on June 22, 2010

    To download and read the report click the link below. Presentation to the United Nations Decolonization Committee (pdf)

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  • We Are All IHH! Defend NGO Against Smear Campaign

    Posted on June 18, 2010

    52 1276541364 1526562832 No James Leas No 7 IHH, a major charitable organization with UN consultative status, faces scandalous attacks, made without evidence. The partner-organizations of the Freedom Flotilla issued this solidarity statement. We partners in the Freedom Flotilla would like to offer our deepest sympathy to the people of Turkey and particularly to the […]

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  • IADL President and NLG IC CoChair Submits Letters to Government Officials on Peter Erlinder’s Behalf

    Posted on June 18, 2010

    Jeanne Mirer, President of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers and NLG IC CoChair, has submitted letters to various government officials requesting intervention on Peter Erlinder’s behalf. Erlinder is currently being detained in Rwanda under the charge of “genocide ideology.” To read the letters, click here. For more information about Peter Erlinder’s arrest, please read […]

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  • The Flotilla Massacre is Unjustifiable and the Underlying Siege is Illegal

    Posted on June 9, 2010

    Important Resources for Activists, Attorneys, & Students There can be no parity between occupier and occupied. As a matter of law, the onus is on Israel. Here are two legal analyses of Israel’s December 2008 to January 2009 “Operation Cast Lead.” Putting the focus on Israeli violations of international law, the laws of war, and […]

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  • Guild Renews Boycott Call in Wake of Flotilla Massacre: U.S. Government Backs Rogue State

    Posted on June 1, 2010

    New York: The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) renews its call for a complete boycott of Israel in light of the latest unjustified assault on peaceful humanitarian assistance to the residents of Gaza in which at least ten human rights workers were killed. The NLG has supported the movement for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel […]

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  • Philippine Elections Rife with Violence, Irregularities and Voting System Malfunctions

    Posted on May 22, 2010

    New York: Seven members of the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) observed pre-electoral and election-day conditions during the Philippines’ historic election last week and found widespread irregularities, a high potential for fraud, voter machine breakdowns, military intimidation and a deadly gun battle inside the poll. NLG observers joined over 80 other observers from 12 different countries […]

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  • NLG, AAJ, IADL Joint Report on Honduras Coup now available in English translation

    Posted on May 18, 2010

    The joint report of the October 2009 joint delegation to Honduras of the National Lawyers Guild, the Association of American Jurists and the International Association of Democratic Lawyers is now available in English. This important report details the constitutional and political aspects of the coup in Honduras, and provides an important constitutional law analysis of […]

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