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NLG opposes NDAA and Indefinite Detention
December 27, 2011
With the so-called "War on Terror" continuing for over a decade, President Barack Obama is about to sign the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) into law....
IADL condemns the arrest of Kurdish and Turkish lawyers
By Jeanne Mirer
December 19, 2011
The International Association of Democratic Lawyers, of which the National Lawyers Guild is the US affiliate, issued the following statement regarding the arrests of dozens of Turkish and Kurdish lawyers in Turkey in late November 2011:...
Task Force on the Americas challenges human rights violations in Mexico
December 18, 2011
Judy Somberg, chair of the NLG's Task Force on the Americas, sent a letter to Mexican authorities on December 18, 2011, urging their action to address violations of human rights in Chiapas, Mexico....
NLG supports Minnesota lawsuit to divest from Israel Bonds
December 13, 2011
The National Lawyers Guild sent the following letter to Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson, in support of a lawsuit filed by the Minnesota Break the Bonds Campaign to compel the state to divest from Israel Bonds....
NLG IC endorses Global March on Jerusalem
December 12, 2011
The National Lawyers Guild International Committee is joining in the call for a Global March on Jerusalem on Land Day 2012, when people around the world will join together to march with Palestinians on Jerusalem....
The Bahrain 'Spring': the revolution that wasn’t televised
By Azadeh Shahshahani and Corinna Mullin
December 6, 2011
Bahrain needs to set about the hard work of healing societal cleavages, to build the truly sovereign and democratic country which the majority of its citizens appear so determined to achieve. If their much-touted ‘democracy promotion’ rhetoric is to have any real significance, western governments must help rather than hinder this process....
2012 El Salvador Election Monitoring Delegation and Investigation of Trade Tribunals
November 24, 2011
The NLG Task Force on the Americas is sponsoring an election monitoring delegation to El Salvador from March 3 to 13, 2012....
Solidarity with Egyptian movement confronting militarization, political imprisonment, and torture
November 22, 2011
The NLG International Committee has signed on to the following statement by legal workers, human rights organizations and social justice activists in support of the Egyptian people – against military rule, human rights violations, military trials for civilians and political imprisonment. Please sign on! To add your name or that of your organization, email international@nlg.org or nov18rally@gmail.com....
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