Africa

IJM Kenya Celebrates Significant Victory in Court: Justice for 9-Year-Old Girl

Date: 
17 January 2012

NAIROBI, KENYA - On Friday afternoon, an IJM lawyer in Kenya received a much-anticipated phone call: The man who had been charged with sexually abusing a 9-year-old girl was convicted, after signif

IJM Rwanda: Perpetrator Sentenced for Sexually Abusing 2-Year-Old Girl

Date: 
11 January 2012

KIGALI, RWANDA - A Rwandan judge has sentenced a local businessman to 15 years in prison for sexually assaulting a two-year-old girl.

IJM Kenya Secures Release for 3 Wrongly Imprisoned Men

Date: 
3 December 2011

NAIROBI, KENYA - After spending over two years in a Nairobi jail, falsely imprisoned for a crime they never committed, Benson, Victor and Francis were finally freed last month.

Letters Share Hope as Joseph Waits in Prison

Date: 
20 December 2011

NAIROBI, KENYA - On 8th December, IJM Kenya staff delivered thousands of letters of encouragement to Joseph, a father of six who is unjustly in prison and facing a death sentence for a crime he nev

Landmark Conviction Secured by IJM Rwanda

Date: 
19 December 2011

KIGALI, RWANDA - This week, a man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl.

Perp Convicted, Widow Restored to Home in Zambia

Date: 
2 December 2011

LUSAKA, ZAMBIA - Today justice was secured for a courageous widow and her children when the man who stole their home was convicted for his crimes against the family.

IJM Trains Rwandan Judges and Prosecutors on Best Practices for Child Sexual Assault Cases

Date: 
21 October 2011

 

RWANDA - This month, IJM Rwanda trained thirty-five Rwandan judges and prosecutors on best practices for handling cases of child sexual assault.

Victory in Kenyan Court: IJM Celebrates Justice for Magdalena*

Date: 
5 October 2011

NAIROBI, KENYA - Yesterday, justice was delivered in a crowded court in Nairobi.

IJM Secures Conviction in Zambia

Date: 
16 September 2011

LUSAKA, ZAMBIA - Late last week, IJM secured justice for Brian in a courtroom in Zambia; the man who had stolen Brian's inheritance, and his means of survival, was convicted and now awaits sentenci

Free After 18 Months in Prison

Date: 
22 July 2011

NAIROBI, KENYA  - Anjeche spent eighteen months in an overcrowded Kenyan prison for crimes he did not commit.

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