Gatavu Audace is a human rights defense attorney in Bujumbura, Burundi, who has witnessed the plight of people living with HIV/AIDS in Burundi’s criminal justice system. These experiences moved Audace to use his legal skills and...
In 2009 I travelled to Nepal as a journalist for the IBJ JusticeMakers program and spent 5 months documenting the activism of Ram Kumar Bhandari. I have continued to support Ram since that time,...
On Thursday August 12, 2010, International Bridges to Justice (IBJ) hosted it’s 2nd Annual Gala in Singapore, Singapore. The Gala was held at the St. Regis hotel on Tanglin Road, situated in the heart...
On November 27th 2008 a romantic rival stabbed Hlengiwe Msibi six times in the forehead. Seven months later she is still waiting for justice to be done. After bringing her assailant to trial in...
Inside the GK Prison Saloon – Photos by Ian MacLellan Ian and I bought our first souvenirs today – woven baskets made by women at Kodiaga women’s prison – an appropriate first souvenir for our trip...
“If the price of liberty is eternal vigilance, then the price of justice is continued legal literacy.” Photo Ian MacLellan On Wednesday afternoons, Peter Onyango, a Justice Makers advocate and Rodney Oluoch , a CLEAR pro bono...
I have been working in Kisumu, Kenya with CLEAR(Christian Legal Education Aid and Research)-Kisumu, a JusticeMaker project, for three weeks now. I have been waiting patiently for excellent internet so that I can upload...
Between 2001 and 2004 hundreds of Nepali villagers disappeared as a result of the armed conflict that occurred in Nepal during this time. The whereabouts of many of these people are still unknown. In...
Since my arrival in Kathmandu on June 15th, and subsequent first interactions with Ram Kumar Bhandari, it has been impossible to mistake the infectious nature or passion behind his particular brand of activism. Upon...
On Saturday June 13th, the Legal Resources Foundation (LRF), a Kenyan human rights group, organized a day of legal aid at Kodiaga, maximum security prison. Over 2000 remand prisoners are detained at the facility. 13 pro...
