Verónica Quiroga fights for women’s rights in Bolivian prisons
Posted by Cristina Serrano at Nov
2011 JusticeMaker Verónica Marisol Quiroga Pando fights discrimination that female detainees face in Bolivian prisons. She also provides legal representation to women in pre-trial detention. Read More…
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.
Interview with JusticeMaker Gautier Zomissi
Posted by Gautier Zomissi at Jul
In May 2011, IBJ Volunteer Krishna Gagné travelled to Yaoundé in Cameroon to meet up with 2011 JusticeMaker Gautier Zomissi and his partner Ghislain Tchakount to discuss the progress of their project.
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 […]
Supriyatno’s Story
Posted by alarasati at May
Supriyatno, known as ‘Yatno’ to his friends, listens carefully as Indonesian JusticeMaker Ajeng Larasati speaks about her country’s Criminal Procedure Code. Occasionally, he raises his hand and asks a question on behalf of a fellow detainee in Jakarta’s Cipinang Detention Center; he painstakingly notes down the answer, presumably in order to communicate it to his […]