Kumari's Story; Separation of Prisoners
(October 20, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Kumari is a 23 years old mother of one child. She was in remand prison along with her one year and eight month old baby girl. They have...
JusticeMaker Shahanur Islam Works to Resolve Case of Unlawful Arrest
On October 6, 2010, Mr. Mokhlesur Rahman Badal was arrested by the Drug Control Directorate police of the Ramna zone in the Dhaka metropolitan area. He was detained on the charge of being an...
Legal Literacy and Support of Victims
Waqas Abid, Pakistani JusticeMaker fellow 2010, has been hard at work organising advisement of rights campaigns throughout Kasur, a district in the Punjab province. His work, focusing on spreading knowledge of legal right amongst...
2010 JusticeMakers Video Profile: Harshi Perera (Sri Lanka)
H.M. Harshi Chitrangi Perera (Sri Lanka) is building a systematic and competent pool of legal resources to alleviate the problems in the Sri Lankan legal system: lack of respect for the rights of the...
2010 JusticeMaker from Bangladesh Preparing to Launch Human Rights Training Sessions
2010 Asia JusticeMakers Fellow from Bangladesh Adv. Shahanur Islam has completed preparations on training materials on torture and human rights. Mr. Shahanur, who is also the executive director of the Bangladesh Institute of Human...
Anulawathi’s Story: Inefficiency of Government Analyst
"After she returned to Sri Lanka the police arrested her husband and remanded him. He is in the male ward in the same prison. A week after her husband's arrest she too was arrested...
Reflections on IBJ’s Country and JusticeMakers Fellows Summit
From August 8th to August 17th, IBJ held the Country and JusticeMakers Fellows Summit and second annual fundraising gala in Singapore, in celebration of the opening of its Singapore-based Justice Training Center. Country Fellows...
Janasansadaya Documentary Released
Sri Lankan NGO Janasansadaya released this two part EU-funded documentary film with English subtitles. Part 1: Part 2:
Madu’s Story; Torture and Professional Negligence
"When Madu went to the police station the next day she was assaulted with a cricket pole and told to plead guilty. They took her signature on a written statement by force. The statement...
Susani’s Story: Ignorance of Law
"When she was eleven Susani’s mother was imprisoned for selling drugs and she was placed in the care of her grandmother. At that time a friend of her father who was 23-years-old was hiding...