Tag Archives | National Lawyers Guild (NLG)

National Lawyers Guild electoral observers praise Venezuelan election process

Originally published: Struggle-La Lucha on July 29, 2024 by Struggle - La Lucha Press Release (more by Struggle-La Lucha) | (Posted Jul 30, 2024)

National Lawyers Guild electoral observers praise fairness, transparency of Venezuelan election process; condemn the U.S. backed opposition’s refusal to accept the outcome of democratic election.
Legal observers sue the NYPD over assault and detention at Bronx Protest

Originally published: The Intercept on September 8, 2021 by Nick Pinto (more by The Intercept) | (Posted Sep 17, 2021)

Police violated the constitutional rights of National Lawyers Guild observers during racial justice protests in Mott Haven, a new lawsuit alleges.
Human rights report on the Lasalin massacre

Originally published: Haiti Action Committee on March 2021 (more by Haiti Action Committee) | (Posted Mar 13, 2021)

Haiti Action Committee together with the National Lawyers Guild [NLG] is releasing a new report, The Lasalin Massacre and the Human Rights Crisis in Haiti, about the November 2018 massacre in the neighborhood of Lasalin, Port-au-Prince.
International Commission of Inquiry to open hearings on racist police violence in the U.S. on MLK Day

Originally published: IADL (International Association of Democratic Lawyers) on January 8, 2021 (more by IADL (International Association of Democratic Lawyers)) | (Posted Jan 13, 2021)

The National Conference of Black Lawyers (NCBL), the International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) and the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) have assembled a commission of experts from around the world to investigate racist police violence against people of African descent in the United States.