IBJ informe des prisonniers cambodgiens de leurs droits à Preah Vihear

Un événement de sensibilisation auprès des détenus et des responsables pénitentiaires  aux droits légaux a eu lieu à Preah Vihear, au Cambodge. Les femmes et les hommes prisonniers ont reçu un manuel à étudier ; ils...

Read more 6 October, 2014 at 9:22 am ibj

IBJ Informs Cambodian Prisoners of Their Legal Rights in Preah Vihear

A legal rights awareness event was held today in Preah Vihear, Cambodia in an effort to educate prisoners and prison officials. Informational posters were distributed to a group of male and female prisoners who were...

Read more 3 October, 2014 at 11:13 am ibj

Un accès rapide à l’aide juridique assuré grâce aux émissions de radio d’IBJ au Cambodge

Jeanne Salomé septembre 2014 En juin 2013, dans la province de Kampong Thom, Kheng venait de quitter la maison de sa mère à moto lorsqu’il fut arrêté par la police. Ne comprenant pas...

Read more 2 October, 2014 at 3:28 pm ibj

“IBJ m’a offert une renaissance” le témoignage émouvant d’un homme innocent libéré grâce aux avocats d’IBJ

Charlène Buisson le 17 septembre 2014 Le 17 septembre 2014, Theara, un ancien client d’IBJ récemment acquitté et libéré nous a reçu chez lui dans la province cambodgienne de Prey Veng. Maitre Prak Phin,...

Read more 25 September, 2014 at 3:31 pm ibj

IBJ’s Radio Programs Help Lead to Early Access to Council in Cambodia

Jeanne Salomé September 2014 In June 2013, while riding his moto home from his mother’s place, a man named Kheng was arrested by the police in Kampong Thom province. He did not understand what...

Read more 22 September, 2014 at 3:19 pm ibj

IBJ Cambodia Convenes Prisoners and Officers for Legal Rights Awareness Event in Ratanakiri Prison

This week IBJ Cambodia conducted a legal awareness discussion on the rights of prisoners for the detainees and prison officers in Ratanakiri’s provincial prison. Two sessions were held, once in the morning and again...

Read more 17 September, 2014 at 3:06 pm ibj

IBJ Zimbabwe Convenes Legal Practitioners and Law Society Members for Roundtable Discussion

John T. Burombo September 2014 IBJ Zimbabwe Fellows, Innocent Maja and John Burombo, hosted a roundtable discussion on 12th September 2014 to address the issue of corruption in the criminal justice system. The roundtable...

Read more 15 September, 2014 at 4:02 pm ibj

Highlights from the 2012 HIV/AIDS JusticeMakers Competition:Gatavu Audace

Gatavu Audace is a human rights defense attorney in Bujumbura, Burundi, who has witnessed the plight of people living with HIV/AIDS in Burundi’s criminal justice system. These experiences moved Audace to use his legal skills and...

Read more 5 September, 2014 at 10:17 am ibj

Highlights from the Asia JusticeMakers Competition 2010: Harshi Perera

After Harshi Perera received her law degree from the Open University of Sri Lanka in 2008 with a specialization in human rights, she began formally assisting Janasansadaya (JS) by responding to human rights violations...

Read more 1 September, 2014 at 9:53 am ibj

IBJ Legal Fellow Thanked by Young Client at Prison Gates

Last Friday, IBJ Legal Fellow Kan Seng Houth met the man he helped free outside the gates of the Kompong Thom Provincial Prison in Cambodia. The young man expressed his deepest gratitude to Houth...

Read more 27 August, 2014 at 10:18 am ibj