Africa
Police Abuse of Power
Two Innocent Men Facing Life Imprisonment Finally Set Free
Today in Kenya, two men framed for stealing a police officer’s radio were finally declared innocent. The battle in court has taken two years.
"I have...
January 22
Police Abuse of Power
This Kenyan Father Will Be Home For Christmas
Collins is a young husband and father in Kenya, and he has been in a Nairobi prison for nearly two years, charged with a crime he did not commit.
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December 19
British charity director found guilty for abusing street children in Kenya
Today, a British court found Simon Harris guilty of abusing young Kenyan boys, as well as possessing indecent images of children, when he was...
December 16
Land Theft
Study sheds new light on violence against Ugandan widows
Kampala, Uganda - New IJM research finds that nearly one of three widows in one area of Uganda is a victim of property grabbing—a devastating crime...
November 25
Slavery
IJM Announces Expansion into Ghana to Help End Child Slavery on World's Largest Reservoir
Accra, Ghana, September 23, 2014
Leaders from International Justice Mission have deployed to the West African nation of Ghana to open a new field...
September 23
Land Theft
IJM Uganda: Justice Starts with…Paperwork?
KAMPALA, UGANDA – Faces obscured with dust masks streamed back and forth between a Ugandan courthouse and the large white tent dominating its yard....
October 24