Between 2001 and 2004 hundreds of Nepali villagers disappeared as a result of the armed conflict that occurred in Nepal during this time. The whereabouts of many of these people are still unknown. In...
On Friday, June 19, IBJ India Fellow Ajay Verma and San Francisco Public Defender Manohar Raju teamed up with the Union Territory of Pondicherry Legal Services Authority (UTPLSA) to produce a successful one-day training...
Since my arrival in Kathmandu on June 15th, and subsequent first interactions with Ram Kumar Bhandari, it has been impossible to mistake the infectious nature or passion behind his particular brand of activism. Upon...
Vannophea ran a Street Law training session on June 23, 2009, in Songha Village, Praey Sloeak Commune, Trean District, Takeo Province. Unlike the previous training sessions I have been to, the majority of the...
On May 27, 2009, IBJ Cambodia ran a Street Law training program in Village II, Rorkar Knong Commune, Daun Keo City, Takeo Province. About twenty people attended the three-hour meeting. Most were women, with...
On Saturday June 13th, the Legal Resources Foundation (LRF), a Kenyan human rights group, organized a day of legal aid at Kodiaga, maximum security prison. Over 2000 remand prisoners are detained at the facility. 13 pro...
Teddy Musiga, a law student at Moi University, Eldoret and CLEAR student intern has developed a legal awareness program for Kisumu students. For the past year, CLEAR has been visiting the law clubs of...
Photos by Ian MacLellanEvans MUSWAHILI a finalist of the 2008 Justice Makers competition was announced the newest IBJ Justice Maker yesterday afternoon. IBJ Program Director, Sanjeewa Liyanage visited Evans at his home outside of...
For two months, I will be documenting the work of the Justice Makers team in Manila. Rommel and his team work with various prisons and court systems working to improve prison conditions throughout the...
Monday nights at 9:30, CLEAR staff Dennis Okore and advocate Peter Onyango are on air hosting a legal affairs talk show on Radio Nam Lolwe 97.3 FM Kisumu. Dennis, a communications intern, has been...
