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NLG Philippines Election Delegation Publishes Report

August 25, 2010

In early May, 2010, a seven member delegation from the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) in the U.S. traveled to the Philippines to observe their 2010 elections. This trip was part of a broader effort by the NLG to work in solidarity with human rights lawyers and people’s organizations in the Philippines....

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NLG calls upon UN Secretary-General to reconsider Uribe appointment to Gaza flotilla investigation

August 23, 2010

The following letter was sent to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on behalf of the Guild, in response to the news that Alvaro Uribe Velez, former president of Colombia, was to be nominated as vice-chair of the UN investigatory committee on the Gaza flotilla:

The National Lawyers Guild, an association of U.S. lawyers, law students and legal workers committed to human rights, urges that you reconsider the nomination of Alvaro Uribe Velez, former President of Colombia, as Vice-chair of the Panel of Inquiry into the Israeli attack on the humanitarian flotilla to Gaza....

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NLG: Concern for family of targeted Iranian lawyer

August 16, 2010

The National Lawyers Guild expresses its grave concern for the well-being of the family of Attorney Mohammed Mostafee-his spouse, Ms. Fereshteh Halimi and her brother, Mr. Farhad Halimi-and calls for their immediate release. Mr. Mostafaee, the attorney representing Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani, a 43 year-old mother of two who has been sentenced to death by stoning after being convicted of adultery, was questioned for four hours on July 24, 2010, at the Evin prison. That same day, Ms. Halimi and her brother were arrested for allegedly assisting Mr. Mostafaee to avoid arrest. Mr. Mostafaee has since fled to Turkey seeking asylum.
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Vietnam Agent Orange Relief and Responsibility Campaign Marks Agent Orange Day

August 10, 2010

Millions of Agent Orange victims in Vietnam are living with and dying from diseases and birth defects left behind from the U.S.’ spraying of Agent Orange and other chemicals during the Vietnam War. This legacy of the war, more than 35 years ago, also sickens and kills U.S. veterans and their children and grandchildren....

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

By Emily Yozell

August 3, 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 the coup.

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

August 3, 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 charges and subjected to torture.

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International Committee Submits Hearings on Puerto Rico to UN Decolonization Committee

June 21, 2010

To download and read the report click the link below.

Presentation to the United Nations Decolonization Committee (pdf)...

Al-Haq calls for UN inquiry into attack on humanitarian aid flotilla to Gaza

High-Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions Also Must Act

June 21, 2010

Israeli commission of inquiry into flotilla attack will follow mold of Winograd commission after Lebanon war, with serious allegations dismissed as "propaganda."...

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