JusticeMaker brings legal rights education, hope to Indonesian Detainees
Posted by tweidman at Jul
Cipinang Detention Center, Jakarta. Without a word, the detainees of Cipinang detention center enter the large meeting room and take their places seated in rows on the floor. They have come to receive counseling on their legal rights. Much of the early processing of detainees awaiting trial occurs seated on the tiled floor of the […]
Using innovative models and youthful enthusiasm to spread legal empowerment in Jakarta
Posted by tweidman at Jul
Photo and Video by Mar Costa JAKARTA. On Mondays, the lawyers and organizers of Lembaga Bantuan Hukum (LBH) Masyarakat gather in the meeting room of their small office to divide up the week’s work. This week, they will set up meetings with the heads of three or four different marginalized communities to set up new […]
Exodus: The Relocation of Mustika and the work of LBH Masyarakat
Posted by tweidman at Jul
LBH Masyarakat is one of Indonesia’s leading legal aid society, and a recipient of a 2009 JusticeMakers fellowship. Their work focuses on empowering communities and arming them with information bout how to claim their legal and human rights.One of the communities LBH Masyarakat currently represents is Mustika, a fisherman village illegally squatting on the banks […]