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NLG joins legal organizations to support judicial independence in Colombia
The National Lawyers Guild signed on to the following letter of international legal organizations and bodies promoting human rights in the Americas regarding the criminal case currently pending in Colombia against former Colombian President and current Senator, Álvaro Uribe Velez, and Representative Álvaro Hernán Prada. Both are accused of fraud and bribery related to witness […]
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NLG International congratulates CHD (Turkey) on refounding, general assembly
The National Lawyers Guild International Committee sent the following message to the Progressive Lawyers’ Association (CHD) of Turkey on the occasion of its refounding and general assembly on January 18-19, 2020. Both the NLG and CHD are members of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL), and CHD members have been facing severe persecution in […]
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NLG CONDEMNS ILLEGAL TARGETED ASSASSINATIONS BY THE UNITED STATES & THE INCREASED REPRESSION OF IRANIAN NATIONALS AT U.S. BORDER
January 6, 2019 THE NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD STRONGLY CONDEMNS THE ILLEGAL TARGETED ASSASSINATIONS BY THE UNITED STATES & THE INCREASED REPRESSION OF IRANIAN NATIONALS AT U.S. BORDERS The National Lawyers Guild, the oldest and largest progressive bar association in the United States, strongly condemns recent illegal U.S. actions in Iraq, including the killing of Iranian […]
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Prominent lawyers and legal organizations call for protective measures and safe passage for Bolivian citizen Juan Ramon Quintana
Spanish The National Lawyers Guild (NLG), The International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) and the American Association of Jurists (AAJ) strongly condemn the politically motivated persecution by the de facto regime in Bolivia against members of former president Evo Morales’s government, in particular, former Minister of the Presidency and Ambassador Juan Ramón Quintana, and the […]
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NLG IC statement on the arrest of Max Blumenthal, the attack on Venezuela and the repression of dissent
The National Lawyers Guild International Committee strongly condemns the arrest of independent journalist Max Blumenthal. Blumenthal was arrested from his Washington, DC, home by a large group of police on October 25, held in jail for two days and denied access to an attorney throughout this period. Reporting on his arrest, Blumenthal noted that the […]
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NLG Statement in Solidarity with the People of Chile
(En Español abajo) The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) of the United States expresses its solidarity with the Chilean people and strongly condemns the brutal repression with which the government of Chilean President Piñera is responding to the people’s demands for democracy and economic justice. We express our support for our sister organization, the Association of […]
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NLG and IADL greet National Union of People’s Lawyers of the Philippines
The National Lawyers Guild and the International Association of Democratic Lawyers sent greetings to the Fifth Congress of the National Union of People’s Lawyers in the Philippines from the 2019 Law for the People convention in Durham, North Carolina. NLG IC co-chairs Jackelyn Mariano, Suzanne Adely and Jeanne Mirer – also the President of the […]
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International Committee Schedule for the Law For the People Convention 2019 in Durham!
The following schedule contains items organized or co-organized by the International Committee of the National Lawyers Guild, its working groups and subcommittees. There are many more events of interest to IC members taking place at the Convention, including the Plenaries, Anti-Racism Training, TUPOCC Meeting, Welcome reception honoring Brigada Legal Solidaria and Denyse Sabagh, Keynote […]
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Statement of International Solidarity with the People’s Movement in Algeria
The National Lawyers Guild is a signatory of the following statement: The Algerian anti-colonial revolution was a catalyst for liberation struggles around the world. Algeria has strayed far from that historic mission and the people’s independence was confiscated by a comprador military-oligarchic elite that, for decades, has dispossessed, pauperized and stifled Algerians and Algerian political […]
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NLG Releases Report Documenting Human Rights Violations of Asylum Seekers at the Southern Border
The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) has released the report, Stranded: Forced Migration, Illegal Barriers to Asylum, and the Humanitarian Crisis in Tijuana, documenting human rights abuses of migrants observed during a March 2019 NLG International Committee fact-finding delegation. The team traveled to Tijuana, Mexico, and San Diego, California with the aim of investigating and illuminating the injustices and human rights […]
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