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		<title>Prey Veng Success Story &#8211; the importance of a lawyer and fair sentencing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Heng Lay Him, 20, comes from a humble farming family in Prey Veng Province.  On 11 November 2011, he was charged with murder. At the age of seventeen, Lay Him left school in grade seven to start work as a truck driver.  His father had sold most of the family’s rice fields, squandering away the profits [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.ibj.org/2012/05/01/prey-veng-success-story/</link>
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		<title>An Inspirational Visit Kandal Prison with Karen and Vandeth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[During Karen’s recent trip to Cambodia we spent an afternoon in Kandal prison with the purpose of meeting all the female and juvenile prisoners. It was a privilege to visit Kandal prison with both Karen and Vandeth, a place Karen first worked back in 1994. There were some shocking tales as well as some stories [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.ibj.org/2012/04/27/an-inspirational-visit-kandal-prison-with-karen-and-vandeth/</link>
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		<title>Blessings, Cross-Examination Techniques and a Vision for the Future at IBJ’s Lawyer Training Workshop in Phnom Penh</title>
		<description><![CDATA[and Nastasia Bach Karen Tse, IBJ’s founder and CEO, and Daniel R. Fung, Chair of the Board of Directors, travelled to Cambodia to meet with the IBJ staff to collaborate and improve skills.  On April 7, 2012 eight lawyers and five investigators met at the IBJ office in Phnom Penh.  The day was divided into [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.ibj.org/2012/04/24/blessings-cross-examination-techniques-and-a-vision-for-the-future-at-ibj%e2%80%99s-lawyer-training-workshop-in-phnom-penh/</link>
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		<title>NDRC  EXPANDS LIBRARY ACCESS FOR CHINA DEFENDERS AND IBJ TRAINERS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[IBJ’s National Defender Resource Center in Beijing is in the process of expanding library access for China defenders and IBJ trainers, through a law book donation drive and a bilingual library system for ready access to its legal resources. Since January, IBJ has solicited and received legal resource donations from the U.S. and Hong Kong [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.ibj.org/2012/04/18/ndrc-expands-library-access-for-china-defenders-and-ibj-trainers/</link>
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		<title>Defense Lawyers in Hunan Province Practice using the new Criminal Procedure Law</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This past weekend, approximately 55 defense attorneys from Changsha, Hunan Province gathered on the premises of Hunan University’s School of Law to participate in an interactive training with both Chinese experts and IBJ foreign legal professionals. Located just steps away from one of China’s four ancient institutes, the Yuelu Academy, the location provided the perfect [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.ibj.org/2012/04/17/defense-lawyers-in-hunan-province-practice-using-the-new-criminal-procedure-law-2/</link>
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		<title>“So now my family can eat”: the Impact of a Bail Application</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the past two weeks I have had the fortunate experience of working alongside the International Bridges to Justice (IBJ) team in Rattanakiri, a remote province in far north-eastern Cambodia. I have seen a lot that words simply cannot describe. On Thursday at around 3pm IBJ’s lawyer, Mr Sary, received a phone call from the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.ibj.org/2012/04/10/%e2%80%9cso-now-my-family-can-eat%e2%80%9d-the-impact-of-a-bail-application/</link>
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		<title>IBJ Street Law Trainings in Takeo Province, Cambodia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[and Nastasia Bach On 20 and 21 March 2012, International Bridges to Justice (IBJ) held two legal rights awareness events on Cambodia’s Criminal Procedure and Penal Code in Takeo Province.  The two events brought together 100 Cambodian citizens eager to learn about their legal rights. At each event Mr. Kin Vibol, IBJ’s provincial lawyer in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.ibj.org/2012/04/10/ibj-street-law-trainings-in-takeo-province-cambodia/</link>
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		<title>IBJ Hosts Diplomatic Roundtable on China’s New Criminal Procedure Law</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This past Thursday, March 29, 2012, International Bridges to Justice organized a roundtable event to discuss the impact and significance of China’s new Criminal Procedure Law (CPL). The event was attended by top Chinese and foreign scholars in the field, UN representative, and over a dozen diplomats. Held in Ford Foundation’s China headquarters, the purpose [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.ibj.org/2012/04/09/ibj-hosts-diplomatic-roundtable-on-china%e2%80%99s-new-criminal-procedure-law/</link>
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		<title>The Road to Justice – IBJ Duty Lawyer Attorney Zhu Changjiang Fights For Juvenile’s Rights</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This January, as China celebrated the Spring Festival and another new beginning in the Year of the Dragon, Attorney Zhu Changjiang received a phone call early one morning from a familiar voice. Pengpeng, Attorney Zhu’s 17-year old former Legal Aid client, was calling to wish him a Happy Spring Festival, continuing a friendship they both [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.ibj.org/2012/03/28/the-road-to-justice-%e2%80%93-ibj-duty-lawyer-attorney-zhu-changjiang-fights-for-juvenile%e2%80%99s-rights/</link>
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		<title>The Implementation of Cambodia’s Criminal Procedure Code and Penal Code – Roundtable Discussion, Ban Lung Rattanakiri Province</title>
		<description><![CDATA[and Nastasia Bach On 12 March 2012, International Bridges to Justice (IBJ) held its first roundtable discussion for the year in Banlung, Rattanakiri Province. The event was attended by 18 justice stakeholders including the Deputy Prosecutor together with a representative of Womens Affairs, Cambodian Centre for Human Rights, Legal Aid Cambodia, and prison and police [...]]]></description>
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