Torture in the name of treatment
Hundreds of thousands of people identified as drug users in China and across Southeast Asia are held without due process in centers where they may be subjected to torture, and physical and sexual violence...
JusticeMakers Fellows: Shananur Islam
Mrs. Kolpone, a 36 year-old woman and mother of a ten year-old girl, was arrested in July 2009 by the Paltan police station in Bangladesh, alleging that she had stolen two gold bangles along...
JusticeMakers 2012 Applications Map
Here you have it: the map with all the applications submitted to date for the 2012 JusticeMakers HIV/AIDS Global Competition 2012!. We have received almost 20 applications coming from Nigeria, Pakistan, Ukraine, Cameroon, Liberia...
IBJ successful legal assistance at MURAMVYA
Muramvya is one of seventeen provinces of Burundi, located about 48 km from Bujumbura, the capital city. One of the eleven prisons in Burundi, with a capacity of 100 prisoners, is located within this...
Legal Rights Awareness in Rohini Jail, New Delhi
There were around 150 inmates present for legal rights awareness at Ward no.2 of Rohini Jail on 7thJuly2012. The basic intention of this visit was to make the inmates acquainted with the provisions of...
A history of JusticeMakers—an interview with Tim Scheu
The ignition of another JusticeMakers competition naturally sparks excitement. Yet, what is today, rests on foundations that were laid down before. The JusticeMakers 2012 HIV/AIDS Global Competition was built on ideas, intentions, and purposes...
Peering into JusticeMaker’s kitchen
It is the smell of a flavorful brew. It is an infectious work ethic, that spreads across the turned-into-a-kitchen office of International Bridges to Justice. Beyond doubt, it is the mélange of cultures brought...
IBJ’s two months evaluation of reduction in Burundi prisons population
During the Golden jubilee of the Independence of Burundi celebrations, the problem of overcrowding in Burundi prisons has been rethought. Certainly, prison overcrowding is one of the forms of ill-treatment referred to in all...
Sosense Haute Route – 195 August 2012
This weekend the Sosense Cycling Team is fundraising for IBJ and six other social enterprises. On 19–25 August, the four-cyclist Team will be racing along the Haute Route, dubbed the world’s toughest cycling event...
Awareness Drive at Tihar, Jail No. 4
On 20 June 2012, IBJ India’s Duty Lawyer team conducted an interactive session with the inmates of Tihar, of Jail no.4 in New Delhi. IBJ was represented by Mr. Ajay Verma, Mr. Ajay Raghav,...