Erika Larsen June 2014 I have only been interning in IBJ Cambodia’s Battambang office for a few weeks, but I have already seen just how important the work they do is to those accused...
16 March 2014 J. Salomé On 21 July 2011, Samnang(1) was getting ready in his bathroom when he heard his phone ringing in the living room. He heard his wife pick up, get angry, and...
The following case occurred following a violent eruption after a restaurant owner made a harmless remark to a group of customers. The owner’s brother, Pech, and sister-in-law, Vanny, were arrested; the former charged with...
March 2014 Megan Williams IBJ was recently successful in helping a client named Mr. Hung Jaya from Banteay Meanchey province. Mr. Jaya was originally charged with theft of a motorbike and cell phone. Mr....
January 2014 Da-Eun Seok On a beautiful morning, two young girls entered the IBJ office in Battambang, located behind the Provincial Court. They put their hands together and rose them up to their nose,...
Tharun told me not to stay inside the car while crossing the river. I soon realized the ferry itself was quite fragile! But I was already on it and it started its journey across...
By Sanjeewa Liyanage I was sufficiently warned about the road to Ratanakiri. I was expecting a rough ride. After lunch at the Kratie floating village and missing the opportunity to see river dolphins off...
By Sanjeewa Liyanage Cambodia always has a special place in my heart. Experiences in Cambodia inspired Karen Tse to start International Bridges to Justice (IBJ). When I first started working for IBJ in 2006,...
In February 2013, Vanni (client’s name changed), a sixteen-year-old boy in Grade 6, his father and some of his relatives were fishing in lake Prek Phsout, Kampong Chhnang province. Before going fishing, they bought...
by Charlène Buisson In 2010, a thief came into Mr. P’s house to rob him of 6,500,000 riels (about 1,625 USD) and beat him. The victim immediately went to the police post to file a...
