Contributed by Sumit Sonkar In yet another endeavor to facilitate, the empowerless IBJ India has reached out to the inmates of Tihar Jail No. 8 on June 5, 2013 in an awareness campaign on...
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...
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....
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...
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...
“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”...
The court of Cibitoke is located in the North-West of Burundi, about 50 kilometers from the capital city Bujumbura. No prison is located in Cibitoke, so prisoners from this area are detained in the...
Under Indian law, it is illegal to make claims for diseases that contemporary medicine deems incurable (such as cancer and...
“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...
« Helping those affected by HIV/Aids gain respect, rights and values in their society is a wonderful thing ». Christian Zarweah, IBJ’s 2012 Fellow from Ganta, Liberia continues his massive awareness program across the...
For the project of JusticeMakers Fellow Thaddeus Nwabueze, fact-finding missions are crucial. Thaddeus, located in Nigeria, kicked off his project with an inaugural ceremony in January. Human rights lawyers and volunteers attended the meeting,...
One IBJ client was barely 15 years old when he was arrested on 6 July 2007. He was accused of burglary and put in pre-trial detention. The only existing documentation of his detention is...
It is with heavy hearts that the IBJ family shares the news of the untimely death of a staff member, Houn Bunnith. Mr. Bunnith, a dedicated IBJ team member and father of three, was...
During the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s and ’70s, China’s legal system was completely dismantled. There were no law firms, no lawyers, and no prosecution system. Since then, China has invested heavily in efforts...
During one of his regular prison visits to the prison of Bururi, IBJ lawyer Janvier Ncamatwi identified five family members who were imprisoned and awaiting their trial, accused of willful destruction of property. After...
Prithu* is a 50-year-old street hawker who earns his living by selling eggs in a quiet neighborhood of north Delhi. He says he spent nearly all of his savings trying to get his 28-year-old...
Baru*, a resident of a small village in West Bengal, travelled to Delhi in 2005 with the hope of earning enough money to provide sustenance to his family back home. A trained tailor, Baru...
By Marcena Winterscheidt In December of 2007, Ary* borrowed $5,000 from a local middleman to invest in property. The man worked in the front office of the provincial hall, a position of influence and...
IBJ promotes bridges to justice. But who is justice for? And what does justice mean? Is it for the victim, to see a guilty person punished? Is justice for the accused, to ensure his...
By Charlène Buisson After more than four and a half years spent in prison as an innocent man, Sopheak*—a husband and father—finally attained freedom from Koh Kong prison on 27 March 2013 with...
