NLG Delegation Observes Venezuelan Legislative Elections, Affirms Transparency of Democratic Electoral Process

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tasha Moro, Director of Communications 212-679-5100, ext. 15 | communications@nlg.org CARACAS, Venezuela—The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) sent four members to accompany the National Assembly Elections in Venezuela that took place on December 6, 2015. Guild members collectively visited close to 30 polling centers on the day of the election in eight […]

NLG and IADL Election Observers Establish Flaws in Haiti’s October 25 Vote, Call for Independent Investigation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Nicole Phillips, Esq. (in U.S., Speaks English and French) nicole@ijdh.org | +001 510 715 2855 NEW YORK—A new report by international election observers concludes that Haiti’s October 25, 2015 presidential and legislative elections fell far short of minimum standards for fair elections, and calls for an independent investigation to address widespread allegations […]

National Lawyers Guild Observers Find Salvadoran Elections to be Free and Fair

For immediate release: February 5, 2014 Judy Somberg judy_somberg@igc.org 617-497-5364 New York For interviews in Spanish:  William Leavitt, WilliamLeavitt@hotmail.com, 212-897-5852 A group of five members of the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) traveled to El Salvador as trained and accredited election observers to monitor the first round of the 2014 Presidential elections and to investigate the […]

National Lawyers Guild Observers Question Validity of Honduran Elections

For immediate release: November 26, 2013 Contact: Tasha Moro, Communications Coordinator 212-679-5100, ext. 15 | communications@nlg.org The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) delegation of 17 credentialed international observers seriously question the validity of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal’s (TSE) preliminary results of Sunday’s national elections in Honduras. The NLG takes issue with the United States government’s characterization […]