For immediate release: July 22, 2014 Tasha Moro Communications Coordinator communications@nlg.org 212-679-5100, ext. 15 NEW YORK — The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) objects to the President’s decision to detain and expedite deportations of thousands of children fleeing persecution and violence in Central America. The NLG also opposes any efforts by Congress to roll back critical […]
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NLG Resources Inform Revelations of NSA and FBI Monitoring of Muslim-Americans
For immediate release: July 10, 2014 Tasha Moro Communications Coordinator communications@nlg.org 212-679-5100, ext 15 NLG Resources Inform Revelations of NSA and FBI Monitoring of Muslim-Americans Lawyers Group Demands Action from White House NEW YORK — The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) joins 45 organizations in calling on President Obama for “a full public accounting of practices” […]
National Lawyers Guild Submits Comments for Improving Military Justice System to Department of Defense Military Justice Review Group
For immediate release: June 30, 2014 Tasha Moro Communications Coordinator communications@nlg.org 212-679-5100, ext. 15 NEW YORK–The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) today submitted comments to the Defense Department’s Military Justice Review Group as part of its comprehensive review of the military justice system. Recommendations to improve the system include eliminating the “convening authority” as the near-absolute […]
NLG and Nearly 60 International Organizations Urge UN to Remedy Human Rights Violations in Pre-Charge Detention of Julian Assange
For immediate release: June 19, 2014 Tasha Moro Communications Coordinator communications@nlg.org GENEVA—Fifty-nine human rights and legal organizations urged the United Nations on June 15 to remedy Sweden’s violation of the fundamental human rights of WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange. For nearly four years, Assange has experienced pre-charge detention stemming from a Swedish investigation yet to charge […]
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NLG Fact-Finding Delegation Calls for End of U.S.-Backed Administrative Detention of Palestinians by Israel
For immediate release: May 29, 2014 Tasha Moro Communications Coordinator communications@nlg.org 212-679-5100, ext. 15 NEW YORK – Approximately 200 Palestinians from the West Bank have been held for months or years by Israeli occupation forces without access to a just legal system, members of the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) learned in a fact-finding delegation from […]
NLG Palestine Subcommittee to Observe Appeal Hearing of Slain U.S. Peace Activist Rachel Corrie
For immediate release: May 21, 2014 Contact: Delegation members Azadeh Shahshahani, NLG President (president@nlg.org) or Andrew Dalack, Palestine Subcommittee Co-Chair (ajdalack@gmail.com) By phone in Jerusalem: 972-053-426-4921 NLG National Office in New York: 1-212-679-5100, ext. 15 JERUSALEM – The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) Palestine Subcommittee will attend today’s appeal hearing before the Israeli Supreme Court in the […]
NLG Releases Report on Government Spying on Legal Profession, Launches FBI FOIA Project
For immediate release: April 24, 2014 Tasha Moro Communications Coordinator communications@nlg.org 212-679-5100, ext. 15 NEW YORK — A new report by the National Lawyers Guild (NLG), Breach of Privilege: Spying on Lawyers in the United States, brings to light the government’s long history of covert surveillance of attorneys and their activist clients. The release also […]
NLG and Legal Groups to Senators: Rejection of DOJ Nominee Adegbile Threatens Justice System
For immediate release: March 14, 2014 Tasha Moro Communications Coordinator communications@nlg.org 212-679-5100, ext. 15 New York The National Lawyers Guild (NLG), along with other bar associations and legal groups, expressed profound concern over the rejection of Debo Adegbile to head the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice. In a letter to the 52 Senators […]
Call to Action: Urge Florida Governor Rick Scott to Stay the Execution of Robert Henry
Call to Action: Urge Florida Governor Rick Scott to Stay the Execution of Robert Henry Drug Cocktail Used for Lethal Injection is Cruel and Unusual Punishment National Lawyers Guild (NLG) urges Florida Governor Rick Scott to stay Robert Henry’s execution, scheduled for March 20. Given lack of medical support for a new protocol for lethal […]
