
LBH Masyarakat is one of Indonesia’s leading legal aid society, and a recipient of a 2009 JusticeMakers fellowship. Their work focuses on empowering communities and arming them with information bout how to claim their legal and human rights.One of the communities LBH Masyarakat currently represents is Mustika, a fisherman village illegally squatting on the banks of an inlet in Northern Jakarta. Soon, as early as October, the city will forcibly evict the 150 families residing and making a living off the coastline. (Photo Essay by Mar Costa, click on the title of the blog to advance to the photo essay in its entirety.)