Buhle’s Swazi JusticeMakers Head South for Workshops
This past weekend Buhle and his team held two workshops in the southern part of Swaziland. On Saturday, they traveled to the Makhonza area where they held a workshop that was attended by over...
Interview with a prosecutor of the Takeo Provincial Court
Interview with a prosecutor of the Takeo Provincial Court Taken by Jodi Erickson March 25, 2008 A Prosecutor of the Takeo Provincial Court gave a candid interview about the state of the criminal justice...
CLEAR-Kenya team reaches out to community at Judiciary Open-Day
This March, CLEAR-Kisumu was invited to attend Kisumu Law Courts’ second annual open-day. The team took this as a welcome sign that they are steadily gaining local recognition for their efforts. This year’s theme was...
Swazi JusticeMakers team overcomes difficulties, holds successful workshop
Buhle’s team recently visited the community of KaMkhweli to hold a training workshop with community police. Given the community’s rural location, Buhle’s team was expecting the participants to be less receptive and less interested....
“Beauty in the Line of Justice”, a poem by Dennis Okore
Lone cormorants arrow low to sip the water from the ‘eye’ of the stones on the beaches toned with black cotton sand-I have always thought sand is just white on the shores. The tree...
Tahir and the LRF work to ensure safer prison conditions for juveniles
JusticeMakers fellow Malik Tahir Iqbal paid a visit to the Malir Courts District Jail with two other members of the Legal Rights Forum team, Safi-ud-din and Shoiab Safdar. The main purpose of the visit was...
CLEAR holds a legal education & awareness training in Gwassi, Kenya
On a sunny Sunday morning, five members of the CLEAR- Kisumu team set off for Gwassi where they would be conducting a three-day legal education program. The team consisted of the CLEAR-Kisumu Resident Advocate,...
An update from our Kenyan JusticeMaker fellow, Joy Mdivo
Hey everyone, I have been pretty busy for a while, hence my silence, but I assure you, I shall try and be more communicative in the future. I have just finished a tour of...
Buhle’s JusticeMakers Team Fights Unjust Court Decision
Buhle and his team have been working to transfer a case to the magistrate court that was initially tried in the customary courts. The case involves a woman (the complainant) who followed her partner...
Bandita Thapa, 2008 JusticeMakers finalist, seeks funding for the Women Foundation Nepal
One of our 2008 JusticeMakers competition finalists, Bandita Thapa, is undertaking a major fundraising effort for the Women Foundation Nepal (WFN). WFN are looking to raise $ 2,000 for the launch of the new...