JusticeMakers Fellows: Shananur Islam
Posted by International Bridges to Justice at Oct

Mrs. Kolpone, a 36 year-old woman and mother of a ten year-old girl, was arrested in July 2009 by the Paltan police station in Bangladesh, alleging that she had stolen two gold bangles along with some money. Although the police were not able to recover any of the stolen goods, she was put into custody. […]
Symposium Grass root protection of minority rightson
Posted by Shahanur Islam at Mar
JusticeMakers Bangladesh – Advocate Shahanur Islam, Founding Secretary General Representing his newly established organization, JusticeMakers Bangladesh, Advocate Shahanur Islam discussed the organization’s target groups: ethnic, religious, social and sexual minorities, and victims of torture and extra‐judicial killings. Mr Islam mentioned key future goals to be: building a strong network for minorities in Bangladesh and building up the networking capacity […]
JusticeMaker Conducts Trainings, Helps Secure the Release of Pre-Trial Detainees
Posted by Bijaya at Sep

IBJ’s 2010 Asia JusticeMaker Bijaya Chanda has managed to give basic legal training to some 1919 pre-trial detainees (known in India as under-trial prisoners, or UTPs) since the beginning of January 2011.
Ajeng Larasati Pilots Trainings at Cipinang Detention Center
Posted by alarasati at Jun

In May 2011, Indonesian JusticeMaker 2010 Ajeng Larasati met participants of the recent training session she directed at Cipinang Detention Center in Jakarta. The training sessions were conducted in March 2011 for the tamping (convicted prisoners who hold clerical jobs in the detention center) on the legal rights present in Indonesia’s Criminal Procedure Code. The […]
2010 JM Oanh Hoanh Ngo Receives PILnet Fellowship
Posted by hoangoanh at Jun

2010 Asia JusticeMakers Oanh Hoang Ngo (Vietnam) and Nana Chapidze (Georgia) speaking at August 2010 training in Singapore Vietnamese Justicemaker 2010 Oanh Hoang Ngo recently received a prestigious fellowship to continue the work that she began last year with her JusticeMakers project. Oanh has been awarded a PILnet International Fellowship for 2011-2012, which she will […]