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Satisfactory IBJ Legal Assistance at Muramyva court: Views of beneficiaries and partners

On Thursday, October 4th, 2012, a team from IBJ went to Muramvya with a purpose of evaluating the work of IBJ lawyers in the area. They were given the chance to assess what was...

Read more 9 November, 2012 at 12:49 pm ibj

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...

Read more 10 October, 2012 at 12:47 pm ibj

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...

Read more 4 September, 2012 at 10:36 am Jean-Claude BARAKAMFITIYE

While celebrating the Golden Jubilee of Burundi Independence, the President of the Republic enacted a pardon decree regarding prisoners

Burundi Prisons are hugely overcrowded. On June 15th 2012, there were a total of 10,484 prisoners while the official capacity of the country’s 11 prisons is 4,050 detainees.  This situation has served to worsen...

Read more 24 July, 2012 at 7:34 pm amuyango

IBJ supports the idea of creating a network of organizations involved in the field of child’s rights after the Burundi Janusz Korczak 2012 Award Jury

  On 30th April, 2012, International Bridges to Justice welcomed the meeting of the Jury of BURUNDI JANUSZ KORCZAK AWARD and was member of the Jury of this AWARD which aims to advance research in...

Read more 5 June, 2012 at 3:54 pm amuyango

One morning at the court in Bujumbura

At ten o’clock, IBJ Legal Fellow Janvier Ncamatwi arrives at the courthouse in Bujumbura, Burundi. Though he is there on schedule, he still has to wait for his clients to arrive, because the prisons...

Read more 16 February, 2012 at 8:40 pm malsing

IBJ give citizens in Burundi chance to know their rights through the radio

An IBJ Burundi initiated radio program has been set on air. It is funded by Matrix Chambers and created in partnership with Bonesha FM and Isanganiro. These are private and independent radio channels aiming...

Read more 16 December, 2011 at 3:57 pm malsing

A pressing need – IBJ bring about rights awareness among prisoners in eastern Burundi

In the Burundian law it is stated: “No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment”. Unfortunately, complying with this is not reality in the prisons in the different...

Read more 16 December, 2011 at 8:39 am malsing

IBJ fostering understanding of the legal guarantees of the accused

On the 26th of October, a number of key criminal justice stakeholders such as lawyers, judges and police officers participated in an IBJ roundtable arranged in Ruyigi, in the east of Burundi. Representatives of...

Read more 18 November, 2011 at 5:23 pm malsing
Selene showing a rights awareness poster prepared and distributed by IBJ's team in Bujumbura

His words against mine, with nothing more, were enough to send me to prison

In Burundi, women who’ve been accused of crime can be forced to endure horrific conditions of incarceration, even without any charges proved. Due to persistent cultural norms, women can often be at an even greater...

Read more 11 November, 2011 at 3:16 pm ibj
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