On a cold December afternoon in Sichuan Province, Lian Jun, whose name has been altered to respect confidentiality, was taking the train to Xi’an. Police boarded the train to conduct an inspection. They discovered...
After eight weeks of endless fundraising, the Skoll Social Entrepreneurs Challenge is finally over and we couldn’t be more excited about the results. With everyone’s support and donations, IBJ raised $126,218, coming in 6th place...
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...
By Daniel Ginetty At 6 p.m. on November 10, 2007, seventeen-year-old Sopaea finally lost his patience and stepped outside of his family’s apartment to confront his thirty-five-year-old neighbor, Karona, who had been taunting him...
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...
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...
On November 7, International Bridges to Justice (IBJ) brought together China’s three Defender Resource Centers in Beijing for a staff retreat. Members of the Wuhan office, Xi’an office, and Beijing office joined IBJ’s International...
“The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood,” said Martin Luther King, Jr. From the time of the initial legal needs assessment made...
Drawing 45 Burundian lawyers, IBJ’s four-day training event in Bujumbura, Burundi, opened on July 12th with a speech by the Batonnier de l’Ordre des Avocats du Burundi, or the Burundia Bar Association. The first...
On 29 January 2011, International Bridges to Justice brought together thought leaders from around the globe for an interactive gathering and discussion at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. For the...
