IBJ India’s Awareness Campaigns Break Barriers in Prison
IBJ India continues to innovate new ways to deliver on its mission to protect human rights, including through its Legal Rights Awareness and Legal Aid Camp.
IBJ India Hosts Legal Rights Awareness Event
Over 200 Inmates Attend IBJ India’s Legal Rights Awareness Event at Tihar Jail As a part of a joint initiative between IBJ India and Delhi Prisons to spread awareness among jail inmates about their rights and...
Taking Care of the Caretakers
Taking Care of the Caretakers: Custodial Staff Capacity Building Workshop at Tihar Pankhuri A. Mehndiratta and Katyayini, IBJ India IBJ India in collaboration with Delhi Prisons organized a two-day capacity building workshop for warders...
Empowerment Through Awareness: IBJ India’s Intitiative at Central Prison No.7 in Tihar Jail
Pankhuri A. Mehndiratta 29 October 2014 On the 13th of August 2014, a team of IBJ India lawyers visited Tihar Jail #7. The jail is part of Asia’s largest prison complex, housing young offenders...
IBJ’s Radio Programs Help Lead to Early Access to Council in Cambodia
Jeanne Salomé September 2014 In June 2013, while riding his moto home from his mother’s place, a man named Kheng was arrested by the police in Kampong Thom province. He did not understand what...
IBJ Cambodia Convenes Prisoners and Officers for Legal Rights Awareness Event in Ratanakiri Prison
This week IBJ Cambodia conducted a legal awareness discussion on the rights of prisoners for the detainees and prison officers in Ratanakiri’s provincial prison. Two sessions were held, once in the morning and again...
China’s major plan for reform includes increasing rights protections and reducing torture
On Friday, November 15, China released its decision on the future of nationwide reform, stemming from the Third Plenum of the 18th Central Committee of China’s Communist Party. Among the positive changes foreseen by...
IBJ celebrates 170th awareness-raising campaign in Cambodia
Contributed by Vinicius Haesbaert This is a special occasion for IBJ-Cambodia. On September 5th, we commemorated our 170th edition of Community Legal Education programs in the provinces in the country! The events started in...
IBJ India: 400 Inmates Attend Legal Awareness Event
On Saturday 31st August, IBJ India conducted yet another successful legal awareness event in New Delhi’s Central Jail No.4 at Tihar Jail housing mostly undertrial prisoners. The purpose of the event was to raise...
Empowering IBJ legal rights awareness event for Delhi inmates
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...