On a cold Saturday morning Buhle Dube and the rest of the Swaziland Justice Makers team journey to Ngwenya to lead a workshop on prisoners’ rights and the legal system for community police. A...
These were the first words we heard upon arrival in Manzini, Swaziland’s largest city. Emerging from our minibus into the swarming chaos of the bus rank we found Gugu Simelane, a fourth year law...
The hearing of Patrick’s first criminal defendant was held on the 15th of May. The defendant, who was been accused of stealing a mobile phone handset, had previously been released on bail. At the...
The 2008 edition of the JusticeMakers competition was an undisputable success in Burundi. The large number of projects from Burundi is a testimonial of the vitality of human rights community in the country. As...
To increase membership in the JusticeMakers online community, Tahir and the Legal Rights Forum (LRF) have started advertising by distributing JusticeMakers cards at the Karachi Bar Association and other district bar associations. They have...
On the 29th March of this year, the Legal Rights Forum (LRF) hosted a conference on issues concerning juvenile delinquency. A number of important NGOs and civil society organizations attended, including the NGO Resource...
Aziz Saliba, our JusticeMakers fellow from Brazil, has been awarded an Arthur Helton Fellowship from the American Society of International Law. Helton Fellowships provide financial assistance in the form of “micro-grants” for law students...
Patrick’s most recent case, concerning the theft of a car, has been drawn out for almost a year. In July of 2008, a man brought a Toyota Camry Car to a garage, where one...
Legal Rights Forum‘s latest case involves police corruption and violation of legal rights. An eye witness recorded the license-plate number of a getaway car. The witness says that of the five accused, three fled...
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...
