National Lawyers Guild Condemns OFAC Designation of Palestine Action and Autistici/Inventati, Calls for Challenges
National Lawyers Guild Condemns OFAC Designation of Palestine Action and Autistici/Inventati, Calls for Challenges
The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) has carefully reviewed the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) August 2026 sanctions against Palestine Action and Autistici/Inventati as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs). We strongly and unequivocally condemn these acts by the federal government.
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We call on grassroots, civil, and legal groups around the country to speak up against these OFAC designations. Our networks need to send a clear message to the Trump administration that we do not accept criminalizing free speech and dissolving the right to privacy. We hope that impacted individuals consider challenging the OFAC designation.
At this moment, we see communities across the country increasingly expressing concern about mass surveillance from Flock cameras, the technological and environmental impacts of data centers, the abuses of immigration enforcement, and the endless war in Iran. One does not need to agree with the political positions of Pal Action or A/I to understand the grave civil rights implications of proscribing them with a “terrorism” label.