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NLG International Committee co-chair Kerry McLean, the 2021 Debra Evenson Venceremos International Award winner, has been invited to participate in an international delegation to Morocco to document the situation of political prisoners from Western Sahara. This international legal delegation will also meet with embassies and families to address the increasingly dire circumstances for Sahrawi political prisoners and draw international attention to this matter.
In order for the NLG to participate in this delegation, we need to cover travel expenses. Please donate to help the NLG lend its voice to this critical legal effort at an important time for political prisoners.
This delegation is taking place in early May, so we must fundraise this amount quickly to allow Kerry to participate.
Kerry brings important expertise to this delegation, as she represents the NLG in the Geneva Support Group for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights in Western Sahara, an international advocacy coalition that supports the fight of the Saharawi people for independence and self-determination.
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Read more about Kerry's amazing work:
Kerry McLean is an international human rights lawyer and social
justice activist. An NLG member since 2003, Kerry is the founder and
Chair of the National Lawyers Guild’s Africa Subcommittee, a former
NLG national board member, former VP of the NLG-NYC Chapter, and was a
Co-Chair of her law school chapter. She also chaired the NLG
Anti-Sexism Committee for several years.
Kerry has represented the Guild in advocacy for the Jena 6,
Marissa Alexander and Troy Davis. She also helped to coordinate
support for migrants of African descent in Mexico.
Kerry has played a leading role as spokesperson for and member
of the Steering Committee of the International Commission of Inquiry
on Systemic Racist Police Violence Against People of African Descent
in the United States. Over the past 17 years Kerry has lived in
Africa, Europe and Asia, working with local and international
organizations on human rights and international development. She has
engaged in significant United Nations advocacy, including litigation
with treaty monitoring bodies, writing shadow reports concerning
compliance with CERD, CEDAW and CAT, contributing to UPR reports and
working with UN Special Rapporteurs. She has provided trainings on and
delivered lectures on international human rights in the US and other
parts of the world.
Kerry has served as an election observer in Cambodia, Honduras,
Venezuela, El Salvador and Abkhazia. She has also served as a trial
observer in Turkey for trials involving persecuted lawyers and human
rights defenders, and organizes solidarity activities for Turkey with
multiple organizations. She represents the NLG in the Geneva Support
Group for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights in Western
Sahara, an international advocacy coalition that supports the fight of
the Saharawi people for independence and self-determination.
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