2010 JusticeMaker Shahanur Islam publishes flyer
Posted by Shahanur Islam at Jun
In preparation for a community information session that he will conduct in the near future, JM 2010 Shahanur Islam recently republished a brochure about human rights standards in Bangladesh. As the head of the Bangladesh Institute for Human Rights (BIHR), Shahanur first designed the brochure several months ago, in preparation for a door-to-door campaign to […]
Malaysian JusticeMaker Visits Juvenile Facilities, Interviews Detainees
Posted by Yasmeen at May
IBJ JusticeMaker 2010 Dato’ Yasmeen Shariff has visited five different juvenile detention facilities in and around Kuala Lumpur since the beginning of April 2011, as a member of a five person team appointed by the Malaysian Department for Social Welfare. The objective of these visits is to determine the extent to which these facilities are […]
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 […]
JusticeMaker Conducts Trainings, Secures Release of Detainees
Posted by Bijaya at May
IBJ JusticeMaker 2010 Bijaya Chanda has managed to give basic legal training to 1,919 pre-trial detainees (known in India as under-trial prisoners, or UTPs) since the beginning of January 2011. Bijaya’s project focuses on providing basic legal education to pre-trial detainees and their families in the Indian state of West Bengal, to help them better […]
Helping Indonesian Prisoners Understand Their Rights
Posted by alarasati at Apr
Indonesian JusticeMaker 2010 Ajeng Larasati recently completed a five-day training session in Cipinang Detention Center, Jakarta. Between 8 – 13 March 2011, she educated five tamping (convicted prisoners who hold jobs in the prison offices) on the legal rights guaranteed to detainees under the Indonesian Criminal Procedure Code. Ajeng’s hope is that these tamping […]