Sri Lanka – Legal Aid for Pre-Trial Detainees
Posted by Gaston Lacombe at Sep
Harshi Perera’s JusticeMaker project is to select 5 women from Welikada Prison in Colombo, Sri Lanka, who are imprisoned as pre-trail detainees because they cannot afford bail or a lawyer, and provide them with the necessary legal aid. With the help of a friend at Welikada’s Women’s Ward, who controls all arrivals and departures, Harshi […]
Sri Lanka – Public Information Campaign on the Rights of Detainees
Posted by Gaston Lacombe at Aug
2010 Asia JusticeMakers Fellow Harshi Perera, from Sri Lanka, has recently started working on her project for International Bridges to Justice. She aims to provide legal aid directly to five women detainees at the Welikada Prison in Sri Lanka, and she also is conducting a nationwide education campaign on the rights of the detainees. She […]
