Medellín, Colombia – A bill was approved last week on May 30, 2011 by the house of representatives that would criminalize “unlawful” social protest in Colombia. Under the new law, to protest in a...
Medellín, Colombia – What is our definition of “liberty”? What is the difference between individual liberty and collective liberty, and can we have both? How does our Constitution define liberty? What are the legal...
In preparation for a community information session that he will conduct in the near future, JM 2010 Shahanur Islam recently republished a brochure about human rights standards in Bangladesh. As the head of the...
Día 06 de Abril del año en curso se realizo un conversatorio amplia a un conjunto de Estudiantes y profesores de la Universidad de Antioquia con sede en la ciudad de Medellín donde se...
On April 6th, 2011 a meeting was held with students and professors of the Medellin-based University of Antioquia, where the project of JusticeMakers Fellow Adriana has been developing. The aim of the project...
Adriana is grateful that she has been chosen as a JusticeMaker so that she can bring change to Medellín, Colombia, where police officials systematically deny rights to the most vulnerable people of the community....
Adriana está muy agradecida de que ella ha sido elegida como una JusticeMaker para que pueda traer cambio a Medellín, Colombia, donde los funcionarios policiales sistemáticamente niegan los derechos de las personas más vulnerables.
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...
On October 6, 2010, Mr. Mokhlesur Rahman Badal was arrested by the Drug Control Directorate police of the Ramna zone in the Dhaka metropolitan area. He was detained on the charge of being an...
