On November 11 2010, JusticeMaker Waqas Abid, visited Kasur District’s Central Jail for a meeting with the prison’s superintendent and deputy superintendent, Mr. Intzar Wali Khan and Mr. Tahir. They briefed Waqas on the...
In the rural communities of Kikwanda, Uganda many people suffer from property rights violations but have nowhere to turn to for help. Farming villages are often illiterate and have difficulty understanding complex legal documents...
Rasul Jafarov, JusticeMaker 2010 from Azerbaijan, continues work on his innovative project to inform prisoners and their families about their rights to early release. The message, which is being spread through a telephone hotline,...
October 21, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – The Kuala Lumpur Court for Children is located at the end of a long and narrow corridor in the Kuala Lumpur Courthouse, quite a daunting and complicated stretch...
Over the last couple of weeks 2010 JusticeMaker Fellow Muhammad Waqas Abid conducted 18 ‘Legal Literacy and Support of Victims’ seminars throughout the district of Kasur, in Punjab Province, Pakistan. Below you find can...
Ms. N. D. Anulawathi was released from Welikada Prison, outside Colombo, on 29th October 2010. Anulawathi was arrested for possession of heroin and incarcerated in the women’s ward for 26 months. Soon after the...
Building on the momentum of its legal defense training workshops and other awareness-raising activities, IBJ Rwanda has established a core group of 23 dedicated lawyers who are reunited in the Criminal Defense Task Force....
Dative Mujawamariya is one IBJ Legal Task Force Lawyer who has been relentless in her efforts to facilitate access to justice in Rwanda. Dative participated in the two IBJ trainings and attended mentoring sessions...
What began unexpectedly on a customary prison visit has transformed the last decade of Yasmeen’s life. A lawyer for 24 years, working mainly in financial, commercial and family law, 2010 JusticeMakers Fellow Yasmeen Shariff...
On September 4 2010, Mohamed Nowsan, a 28 year old father of one, was arrested and interred in Tengalle prison. He claims that the charges against him were fabricated by the police and that...
