TweetChat
On Friday, 28 March, 2014, International Bridges of Justice hosted its first Tweet Chat, “Talk to the Experts.” With the launch date of the JusticeMakers’ competition approaching, we invited previous JusticeMakers winners to join...
The Bhopal Disaster: No Accountability for An American Corporation (an IBJ JusticeMakers story)
Contributed by Raven Rakia IBJ JusticeMakers Fellow, Garima Tiwari and Documentary Journalist Fellow, Raven Rakia, visit the survivors, lawyers, and activists of The Bhopal Disaster, who are still fighting for justice. 3,800 died immediately....
Fighting prejudices against the accused living with AIDS in Indian jails
Indian JusticeMakers Fellow Garima Tiwari managed to bring lawyers and security staff together last month to discuss the existing legal framework for the accused living with HIV. Security officers, guards and lawyers gathered for...
Groundbreaking legal rights seminar for HIV/ AIDS community in Russia
This past March, Russian JusticeMakers Fellow Tatyana Kochetkova organized a seminar in her country on legal questions related to people living with AIDS. The purpose of this seminar was to attract greater attention from...
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....
Examining prisoners’ living conditions in Nigeria
JusticeMakers Fellow Henry Nwaka, from Nigeria, is pleased to let IBJ fans know that he is nearing the completion of the second phase of his study of the condition of prisoners living with HIV/AIDS...
Sick Detainees Supported in Burundi
Lawyer and JusticeMaker Fellow Gatavu Audace, from Burundi, has been negotiating a partnership with the Network of People living with HIV/aids in his area in order to identify who the beneficiaries of the help...
The fight against discrimination of individuals living with HIV/Aids continues in Liberia
“I lost two close friends and relatives from HIV/AIDS due to lack of legal representation and they were left on their own to die. I want to stop this from happening to others”...
Fight of IBJ’s team against quacks claiming cure for HIV/AIDS in India.
Under Indian law, it is illegal to make claims for diseases that contemporary medicine deems incurable (such as cancer and...
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...