Cambodian IBJ Lawyer Defends Falsely Accused 19-year Old
Around 9 PM on November 24, 2012, Kosal, a nineteen-year-old motordup driver, was happy to receive a call on his cell phone from a man named Dara who was looking for a ride. Kosal...
IBJ China Protect Juvenile From the Criminal Influence of Adults
An IBJ partner attorney in China recently defended a 17 year old boy arrested on charges of attempted rape. The incident occurred while defendant Bingwen, whose real name has been altered to respect his...
Mitigating Circumstances- an inspiring IBJ success story from Cambodia
Two years ago, Sophal (not his real name) and six of his friends became statistics in the Cambodian government’s crackdown on drug use, which targets young, often poor, Cambodians. At that time, Sophal was...
Mother and child find protection thanks to IBJ in Liberia
The most remarkable action of IBJ in Liberia occurred in mid-May, when JusticeMakers Fellow C. Christian Zarweah was informed by volunteers on the field of a conflict between a lady and her proposed husband....
Freed after 740 days of detention while under provisional release granted
The court of Cibitoke is located in the North-West of Burundi, about 50 kilometers from the capital city Bujumbura. No prison is located in Cibitoke, so prisoners from this area are detained in the...
A Russian JusticeMakers Fellow help free a wrongfully accused
“I remained at liberty and I am thankful to the court for its fair decision. Besides, I want to express special thanks to the people who were participating in my life, without whom...
Serving nearly double time: Teenager freed after IBJ simply follows-up with neglected case
One IBJ client was barely 15 years old when he was arrested on 6 July 2007. He was accused of burglary and put in pre-trial detention. The only existing documentation of his detention is...
Imprisonment as a family affair: One family’s acquittal after years in prison
During one of his regular prison visits to the prison of Bururi, IBJ lawyer Janvier Ncamatwi identified five family members who were imprisoned and awaiting their trial, accused of willful destruction of property. After...
Wrong place, wrong time: One Auto-Rickshaw driver accused of abetting abduction released home to his wife and children after IBJ’s help
Prithu* is a 50-year-old street hawker who earns his living by selling eggs in a quiet neighborhood of north Delhi. He says he spent nearly all of his savings trying to get his 28-year-old...
Meet Baru, pinned as a terrorist in a new city
Baru*, a resident of a small village in West Bengal, travelled to Delhi in 2005 with the hope of earning enough money to provide sustenance to his family back home. A trained tailor, Baru...