Karachi Police Station Visits
Legal Rights Forum arranged to visit a few police stations in Karachi today. Two car-fulls of attorneys and I pull up to the Artillery Maidan Police Station in one of the high security areas in...
Karachi Youthful Offender Remand Home Visit
Today we have a visit to the remand home, where Legal Rights Forum wants to establish a Juvenile Rehabilitation (Career Training) Center. In the cab we go, and we drive about 20 minutes outside...
Intern’s Introduction to Karachi City Court
Tahir, the Legal Rights Forum Chairman and 2008 JusticeMakers Fellow, and his roommate pick me up at 10:30am to head to Karachi City Court. On the way, Tahir tells me of the people I...
Legal Rights Forum hosts conference on juvenile delinquency, prominent Pakistani organizations attend
On the 29th March of this year, the Legal Rights Forum (LRF) hosted a conference on issues concerning juvenile delinquency. A number of important NGOs and civil society organizations attended, including the NGO Resource...
JusticeMakers team fights case involving police abuse and extortion in Pakistan
Legal Rights Forum‘s latest case involves police corruption and violation of legal rights. An eye witness recorded the license-plate number of a getaway car. The witness says that of the five accused, three fled...