On Friday, June 19, IBJ India Fellow Ajay Verma and San Francisco Public Defender Manohar Raju teamed up with the Union Territory of Pondicherry Legal Services Authority (UTPLSA) to produce a successful one-day training...
Since my arrival in Kathmandu on June 15th, and subsequent first interactions with Ram Kumar Bhandari, it has been impossible to mistake the infectious nature or passion behind his particular brand of activism. Upon...
Vannophea ran a Street Law training session on June 23, 2009, in Songha Village, Praey Sloeak Commune, Trean District, Takeo Province. Unlike the previous training sessions I have been to, the majority of the...
On Saturday June 13th, the Legal Resources Foundation (LRF), a Kenyan human rights group, organized a day of legal aid at Kodiaga, maximum security prison. Over 2000 remand prisoners are detained at the facility. 13 pro...
Teddy Musiga, a law student at Moi University, Eldoret and CLEAR student intern has developed a legal awareness program for Kisumu students. For the past year, CLEAR has been visiting the law clubs of...
Photos by Ian MacLellanEvans MUSWAHILI a finalist of the 2008 Justice Makers competition was announced the newest IBJ Justice Maker yesterday afternoon. IBJ Program Director, Sanjeewa Liyanage visited Evans at his home outside of...
For two months, I will be documenting the work of the Justice Makers team in Manila. Rommel and his team work with various prisons and court systems working to improve prison conditions throughout the...
Monday nights at 9:30, CLEAR staff Dennis Okore and advocate Peter Onyango are on air hosting a legal affairs talk show on Radio Nam Lolwe 97.3 FM Kisumu. Dennis, a communications intern, has been...
Tuesday morning was an early start for CLEAR advocate Peter Onyango who set out for Oyugis, a small town south of Kisumu to represent a nine year-old girl in a defilement case referred to...
Dedicated CLEAR staff Dennis Okore and advocate Peter Onyango braved the afternoon heat last Friday as they waited for permission to enter Kodiaga prison, Kisumu where CLEAR is providing free legal aid to prisoners. CLEAR has been visiting Kodiaga prison each...