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May 3: New York City EMLER Hearings – Attend in Person or Watch the Livestream
What: The United Nations is doing an official visit in New York City! During this meeting with civil society on May 3, they will hear from Black directly impacted community members regarding police violence and systemic racism against people of African descent. The UN will also, separately, meet with government officials and other stakeholders. Themes: Families of […]
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NLG stands in solidarity with African People’s Socialist Party, demands charges be dropped
The National Lawyers Guild stands in solidarity with the African People’s Socialist Party (APSP) and the Uhuru Movement and strongly condemns the recent indictments by the US government of four of their members for “conspiring to covertly sow discord in U.S. society and spread Russian propaganda.” In clear violation of the First Amendment, the Department […]
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100+ Organizations Sign Call for Justice After the Murder of 2 Water Defenders in Honduras
The National Lawyers Guild International Committee is part of the Observatory for Justice for the Guapinol Water Defenders. The Observatory is made up of the following groups: ● Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL). ● CIVICUS ● International Human Rights Law Clinic, University of Virginia School of Law, US ● International Committee of the […]
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Sign on to Organizational Statement on Killing of Honduran Anti-Mining Water Defenders
The National Lawyers Guild International Committee — represented by Emily Yozell — is part of the Observatory for Justice for the Guapinol Water Defenders. The Observatory is made up of the following groups: ● Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL). ● CIVICUS ● International Human Rights Law Clinic, University of Virginia School of Law, […]
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Free Alex Saab: Report from NLG and IADL Meeting with Imprisoned Venezuelan Diplomat
January 26, 2023 “A Nuclear Bomb would be better. At least with a Nuclear Bomb we die quickly. With the U.S. Sanctions we die every day.” – Alex Saab Members of the National Lawyers Guild and International Association of Democratic Lawyers met with Venezuelan special envoy and political prisoner Alex Saab this week in the […]
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National Lawyers Guild Statement on the Attempted Coup in Brazil
The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) condemns the attempted coup d’état in Brazil on Sunday, January 8th. Supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro, including election deniers and pro-fascist coup mongers, invaded the Brazilian Congress, Supreme Court and Presidential building causing significant damage to the buildings and their contents including national artistic treasures. The coupists actions […]
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January 28: Public Launch – People’s Tribunal on US Imperialism: Sanctions, Blockades and Economic Coercive Measures
The National Lawyers Guild and its International Committee are excited to co-sponsor of this important project, with a number of our members and leaders serving as jurors and steering committee members. After two years of dedicated organizing, we are excited to officially announce the launch of the International People’s Tribunal on U.S. Imperialism: Sanctions, Blockades, and […]
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Urgent Appeal to Commercial Airlines: Avoid Assisting in the Forcible Deportation & Transfer of Human Rights Defender Salah Hamouri
Summary Israel has recently announced it will imminently deport Palestinian human rights defender Salah Hamouri, an act that could be a serious violation of international law. We, the undersigned human rights organizations, call on commercial airlines to do everything in their capacity to refuse to assist in what could constitute a war crime by refusing […]
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National Lawyers Guild International denounces denial of entry and deportation of NLG Member Charlotte Kates and co-founder of Masar Badil by Dutch and EU officials
The National Lawyers Guild International strongly denounces the denial of entry of NLG member and Samidoun Political Prisoner Network international coordinator Charlotte Kates, and the denial of entry of a co-founder of the Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement (Masar Badil) Khaled Barakat, to the Netherlands and their deportation from Amsterdam airport to Canada by the […]
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NLG International urges freedom for detained Tunisian journalist and organizer Ghassen Ben Khelifa
On Tuesday, September 6, a group of more than 12 plainclothes officers from Tunisia’s “anti-terror” squad raided the house of journalist and anti-imperialist, leftist political organizer Ghassen Ben Khelifa, editor of the online media site Inihyez and head of the Media Workshop for Economic and Social Rights Association. The officers conducted a search, seizing his computers […]
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