Legal aid and referral · legal-aid app
Get legal help, or give evidence safely
Runs India's document clinics and tribunal and eviction cases, gives emergency lawyer referrals for Uyghurs and Rohingya facing deportation, and refers survivors to the UN mechanisms and trusted documentation groups. It runs no witness line of its own and keeps its data minimal and encrypted.
Before you start
- We do not take your story. This site runs no witness line and asks for nothing about you. Contact the services below directly.
- Facing deportation now? Go to the services marked Takes emergency calls — and contact UNHCR in the country you are in.
- Giving evidence? Use the UN mechanisms' own secure channels, from a device and account that are safe for you.
- In immediate danger, call your local emergency number first.
Emergency lawyers for Uyghurs and Rohingya facing deportation
Takes emergency calls · Türkiye
Refugee Rights Turkey (Mülteci Hakları Derneği [Refugee Rights Association])
A legal-aid organisation for refugees and asylum seekers in Türkiye. It runs a Refugee Help Desk and a separate Detention Help Desk, and publishes legal information booklets.
Contact: Detention Help Desk: +90 507 218 62 85; Refugee Help Desk: +90 850 218 48 30; email: info@mhd.org.tr; 'Leave a Message' form on the contact page; office: Koşuyolu Mah. Halil Ethem Çk. Sk. No:5 Petra Apt. İç Kapı No. 1-2-3, 34718 Kadıköy, İstanbul. Hours: 9:30–13:00 and 14:00–17:30.
The UyghursMyanmarRefugee Rights Turkey – Contact (mhd.org.tr)Takes emergency calls · Malaysia
Tenaganita – 24-hour emergency hotline
Malaysian NGO whose legal aid clinic helps refugees with civil rights matters, including arrest and detention. Its 24-hour hotlines are reserved for emergencies such as abuse, rescue, arrest and detention.
Contact: 24-hour emergency hotline (WhatsApp also listed) +6012 335 0512 or +6012 339 5350. Office +603 7770 3671 / 7770 3691 (Mon–Fri 9:30am–6pm). Email general@tenaganita.net. 12, Jalan 6/11, 46000 Petaling Jaya, Selangor
MyanmarThe UyghursTenaganita – Contact Us (tenaganita.net)Malaysia
Asylum Access Malaysia
Legal services for refugees and people seeking asylum in Malaysia, including help with the UNHCR refugee status process and individual cases.
Contact: Phone +60 3-2201-5438 (Mon–Thu 9am–5pm). WhatsApp & Signal +60 1-2224-5439 (Mon–Fri 9am–5pm). Email addresses for general, legal services and outreach are listed on the contact page.
MyanmarThe UyghursAsylum Access – Contact Us (asylumaccess.org)Thailand
Asylum Access Thailand
Legal and case support for refugees and people seeking asylum in Thailand.
Contact: Legal & case support +66 094-498-2500 or +66 097-001-3043. General +66 2513-5228. 1111/136 Ban Klang Muang, Ladphrao Rd, Chankasem, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900. Legal support email listed on the contact page.
MyanmarThe UyghursAsylum Access – Contact Us (asylumaccess.org)Bangladesh
Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) – Promoting Legal Assistance to Rohingya Community (PLARC)
BLAST is one of Bangladesh's largest free legal-aid organisations and has worked since 1993. Its PLARC office in Ukhiya, Cox's Bazar gives legal help to the Rohingya community.
Contact: PLARC (Ukhiya, Cox's Bazar): +8801844-610446, af.plarc@blast.org.bd. BLAST hotline: +8801715-220220; main line +88 02-41033011–14 (Ext-0) or 02-41033015–16; mail@blast.org.bd; head office: YMCA Development Centre, 1/1 Pioneer Road, Kakrail, Dhaka-1000.
MyanmarBLAST – Contact (blast.org.bd)Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law (KIBHR)
Human rights organisation that has publicly opposed extraditions and runs a legal department with named staff giving legal assistance to refugees.
Contact: Legal department / legal assistance for refugees: +7 708 978 21 03. Head office: 103 Abylai Khan Avenue, Offices 405, 411, Almaty 050000. Astana branch +7 747 164 20 57
The UyghursKIBHR – Our contacts (bureau.kz)Türkiye
Mülteci-Der (Association for Solidarity with Refugees)
Izmir-based refugee rights NGO working on refugee protection and advocacy, with legal resources in Turkish, English, Arabic and Persian.
Contact: Phone 0232 483 54 21, 0549 483 54 21, 0549 483 54 22. Email bilgi@multeci.org.tr. Uğur Mahallesi 848 Sokak No:16, Konak, İzmir
The UyghursMülteci-Der – İletişim (Contact) (multeci.org.tr)Indonesia
SUAKA (Indonesian Civil Society Network for Refugee Rights Protection)
Legal aid, advice and information for refugees and people seeking asylum in Indonesia.
Contact: Legal aid requests: legalaid@suaka.or.id. General: secretariat@suaka.or.id. Phone +62 812-1237-8252. YLBHI Building, 1st Fl., Jl. Diponegoro No. 74, Menteng, Central Jakarta 10320
MyanmarThe UyghursSUAKA – Contact (suaka.or.id)
India: document clinics, tribunal and eviction cases
India (Assam)
Assam State Legal Services Authority (ASLSA)
Assam's state authority for free legal aid to eligible people, including the poor, women and other weaker sections.
Contact: Gauhati High Court Old Block, First floor, Guwahati-781001. Phone 0361-2601843 / 2516367. Mobile +91 6901281650. NALSA helpline 15100. Email assamslsa1@gmail.com
India's MuslimsAssam State Legal Services Authority – Contact Us (assam.nalsa.gov.in)India
Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR)
Network of advocates and paralegals that gives pro bono (free) legal help to marginalised people and carries out fact-finding into identity-based violence.
Contact: Phone 11-4105-2797 (Monday–Saturday). Email apcrindia@gmail.com. E 57/1, AFE-I, Jamia Nagar, Okhla, New Delhi 110025
India's MuslimsAPCR – Contact Us (apcrindia.in)India (Assam)
Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) – Assam citizenship work
Gives legal and paralegal help to people in Assam's citizenship crisis: Foreigners Tribunal cases, release from detention camps, and wrongly accused people.
Contact: Email info@cjp.org.in (listed on cjp.org.in). Website https://cjp.org.in
India's MuslimsCJP Assam stands firm in its fight against citizenship crisis (cjp.org.in)India (Delhi)
Delhi State Legal Services Authority (DSLSA)
Free legal aid, legal aid clinics, Lok Adalats (people's courts) and victim compensation across Delhi's 11 districts.
Contact: Helpline 1516 and 15100 (24/7), 9870101337. Email lae-dslsa@gov.in. 3rd Floor, Rouse Avenue District Court Complex, Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg, New Delhi 110002. Online application: https://scourtapp.nic.in/lsams/nologin/applicationFiling.action. Video consultation 10am–5pm on working days: https://delhijudicialservices.webex.com/meet/webex.dslsa
India's MuslimsDelhi State Legal Services Authority (dslsa.org)India (Gujarat)
Gujarat State Legal Services Authority (GSLSA)
Gujarat's state authority for free legal aid, legal awareness and alternative dispute resolution.
Contact: Phone/Fax 079-27664964; 27665296. Email msguj.lsa@nic.in. 3rd Floor, GSLSA Building, Nr. Gujarat High Court Post Office, Gujarat High Court Campus, Sola, Ahmedabad-380060
India's MuslimsGSLSA – Contact (gujarat.nalsa.gov.in)India (Haryana)
Haryana State Legal Services Authority (HSLSA)
Haryana's state authority for free legal aid.
Contact: 15100. Email hslsa.haryana@gmail.com, hslsa@hry.nic.in. Institutional Plot No. 09, Sector-14, Panchkula (near Kisan Bhawan)
India's MuslimsHSLSA – Contact Us (haryana.nalsa.gov.in)India (Karnataka)
Karnataka State Legal Services Authority (KSLSA)
Karnataka's state authority for free legal aid.
Contact: Phone 080-22111730. NALSA helpline 15100. Email mskar-slsa@hck.gov.in. 1st Floor, Nyaya Degula Building, H. Siddaiah Road, Bengaluru-560027. Office hours Mon–Sat 10:00–17:30 (2nd Saturday closed, 4th Saturday 10:00–14:00)
India's MuslimsKSLSA – Contact Us (karnataka.nalsa.gov.in)India (Kerala)
Kerala State Legal Services Authority (KELSA)
Kerala's state authority for free legal aid.
Contact: Phone 0484-2396717 / 0484-2395717. Toll-free 15100. Email kelsakerala@gmail.com, kelsakerala@nic.in. Niyama Sahaya Bhavan, Old XVIII Court, opposite Advocate General's Office, Ernakulam 682031
India's MuslimsKELSA – Contact Us (kerala.nalsa.gov.in)India (Madhya Pradesh)
Madhya Pradesh State Legal Services Authority (MPSLSA)
Madhya Pradesh's state authority for free legal aid.
Contact: Toll-free 15100. Phone 0761-2678352, 0761-2624537. Email mplsajab@nic.in. Grievances: grievance.mpslsa@gmail.com. 574, South Civil Lines, Pachpedi, Jabalpur 482002
India's MuslimsMPSLSA – Contact Us (madhyapradesh.nalsa.gov.in)India (Maharashtra)
Maharashtra State Legal Services Authority (MSLSA)
Maharashtra's state authority for free legal aid, Lok Adalats (people's courts), mediation and victim compensation.
Contact: Toll-free 15100 and 1800222324. Phone 022-22691395, 022-22631358. Email mslsa-bhc@nic.in. 3rd Floor, MTNL Fountain Telecom Building No. 1, Mumbai-400001
India's MuslimsMSLSA – Contact Us (maharashtra.nalsa.gov.in)India
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) – HRCNet complaint portal
Online portal for filing human rights complaints with the NHRC or a State Human Rights Commission. Each complaint gets a diary number so you can track it.
Contact: Online complaint: https://hrcnet.nic.in/HRCNet/public/webcomplaint.aspx. Toll-free facilitation counter 14433. Email cr.nhrc@nic.in. Phone 011-24651330. Post: National Human Rights Commission, Manav Adhikar Bhavan, C-Block, GPO Complex, INA, New Delhi-110023
India's MuslimsHRCNet – Online complaint (NHRC/SHRC) (hrcnet.nic.in)India
National Legal Services Authority (NALSA)
India's national body for free legal aid under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987. It takes legal aid applications online and in person, and runs the national legal aid helpline.
Contact: Helpline 15100 (toll-free). Online legal aid application: https://scourtapp.nic.in/lsams/nologin/applicationFiling.action?requestLocale=en. In person: NALSA Centre for Citizen Services, Jaisalmer House, 26 Man Singh Road, New Delhi-110011. Phone 011-23382778, 23071450, 23382121. Email nalsa-dla@nic.in
India's MuslimsNALSA – Contact Us (nalsa.gov.in)India (Rajasthan)
Rajasthan State Legal Services Authority (RSLSA)
Rajasthan's state authority for free legal aid.
Contact: Helpline 9928900900. Toll-free 15100. Phone +91-141-2227481. Email rj-slsa@nic.in, rslsajp@gmail.com. Vidhik Sewa Sadan, Vidhik Sewa Marg, Jaipur
India's MuslimsRSLSA – Contact Us (rajasthan.nalsa.gov.in)India
Socio Legal Information Centre (SLIC) / Human Rights Law Network (HRLN)
Non-profit legal aid organisation (the old hrln.org address now redirects here) with legal aid programmes in more than 25 states, including litigation before high courts on criminal justice and housing rights.
Contact: Phone +91-11-24374501, +91-11-24379855. Email contact@slic.org.in or admin@slic.org.in. 576-A, Masjid Road, Jangpura, Bhogal, New Delhi-110014
India's MuslimsSLIC – Contact Us (slic.org.in)India
Supreme Court Legal Services Committee (SCLSC)
Free legal aid for eligible people (under Section 12 of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987) who need to bring or defend a case before the Supreme Court of India.
Contact: E-filing of applications at https://sclsc.gov.in
India's MuslimsSupreme Court Legal Services Committee (sclsc.gov.in)India (Telangana)
Telangana State Legal Services Authority (TSLSA)
Telangana's state authority for free legal aid.
Contact: Phone 040-23446723. NALSA helpline 15100. Email telanganaslsa@gmail.com. 1st & 2nd Floor, Nyaya Seva Sadan, Telangana High Court Premises, Hyderabad-500066
India's MuslimsTSLSA – Contact Us (telangana.nalsa.gov.in)India (Uttar Pradesh)
Uttar Pradesh State Legal Services Authority (UPSLSA)
Uttar Pradesh's state authority for free legal aid.
Contact: Toll-free 1800-419-0234. Phone 0522-2286395, 2286265. Email upslsa@nic.in. 4/7, Gomti Nagar Extension, Lucknow 226010
India's MuslimsUPSLSA – Contact Us (uttarpradesh.nalsa.gov.in)India (Uttarakhand)
Uttarakhand State Legal Services Authority (UKSLSA)
Uttarakhand's state authority for free legal aid, Lok Adalats (people's courts), mediation and victim compensation.
Contact: Toll-free 1-800-180-4000. NALSA helpline 15100. Phone 05942-236762, 236552. Email slsa-uk@nic.in, ukslsanainital@gmail.com. ADR Centre, High Court Compound, Nainital
India's MuslimsUKSLSA – Contact Us (uttarakhand.nalsa.gov.in)India (West Bengal)
West Bengal State Legal Services Authority (WBSLSA)
West Bengal's state authority for free legal aid.
Contact: Phone 033 2248 1828. Email wbstatelegal@gmail.com. 1st Floor, City Civil Court Building, 2 & 3 Kiran Shankar Ray Rd, B.B.D. Bagh, Kolkata 700001
India's MuslimsWBSLSA – Contact Us (westbengal.nalsa.gov.in)
Survivors: UN mechanisms and trusted documentation groups
Occupied Palestinian Territory (Gaza)
Al Mezan Center for Human Rights
Independent Gaza-based human rights organisation that gives legal help and advocacy support to Palestinian victims.
Contact: Phone +970 (08) 2820442/7. Email info@mezan.org. Al Mena – Omar El Mukhtar Street, Gaza Strip
PalestineAl Mezan Center for Human Rights (mezan.org)Occupied Palestinian Territory
Al-Haq
Palestinian human rights organisation, active since 1979, that documents and monitors violations and works on accountability before international courts.
Contact: Phone +970 22954646. 54 Main Street, 2nd Floor, Protestant Hall Building, Ramallah (email listed on the contact page)
PalestineAl-Haq – Contact Us (alhaq.org)Myanmar
Burma Human Rights Network (BHRN)
A documentation group that monitors and reports on human rights abuses in Burma (Myanmar), including crimes against humanity and war crimes by the Tatmadaw (military) and the situation of the Rohingya.
Contact: Contact form on https://www.bhrn.org.uk/en/contact.html ; Executive Director Kyaw Win: +44 (0) 740 345 2378. An email address appears on the page only with JavaScript turned on.
MyanmarBurma Human Rights Network – Contact (bhrn.org.uk)Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia
Fortify Rights
Human rights organisation that collects, documents and analyses evidence of violations, including the genocide against Rohingya in Myanmar, and trains affected communities.
Contact: fortify.rights@fortifyrights.org
MyanmarFortify Rights – About (fortifyrights.org)Myanmar, Bangladesh, Worldwide
Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM) – secure contact
UN mechanism that collects evidence of the most serious international crimes in Myanmar for criminal cases. It takes confidential and sensitive information from witnesses and survivors.
Contact: Signal: +41 76 691 12 08. Proton Mail: contact@myanmar-mechanism.org
MyanmarIIMM – Confidential and sensitive communications (iimm.un.org)Worldwide
International Criminal Court – Office of the Prosecutor OTPLink
Secure portal run by the ICC Office of the Prosecutor for confidential submissions of information. It uses encryption to protect both the information and the identity of the person sending it.
Contact: https://otplink.icc-cpi.int/
PalestineSudanMyanmarOTPLink – ICC Office of the Prosecutor (otplink.icc-cpi.int)Myanmar
Myanmar Witness (Centre for Information Resilience) – evidence upload portal
A project of the Centre for Information Resilience that investigates, verifies and preserves evidence of human rights abuses in Myanmar. Its upload portal accepts video, audio, images, written accounts and links to posts.
Contact: Upload form: https://www.info-res.org/upload-evidence/ (choose 'Myanmar Witness'; files up to 50 MB). Email: info@myanmarwitness.org (listed on https://www.info-res.org/contact/).
MyanmarCentre for Information Resilience – Upload Evidence (info-res.org)Occupied Palestinian Territory (Gaza)
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR)
Independent Palestinian human rights organisation based in Gaza, with a temporary office in Deir al-Balah.
Contact: Email info@pchrgaza.org or pchr@pchrgaza.org. Phone +972 82823725. Temporary office: Tawfiq Abu Asad Building, 2nd Floor, Baghdad St (Abu Asad St), Deir Albalah, Tel/Fax 1800150151
PalestinePCHR – Contact Us (pchrgaza.org)Sudan
The Reckoning Project – Sudan
Trains Sudanese researchers and works with trusted local partners to collect survivor testimonies for future legal proceedings.
Contact: info@thereckoningproject.com
SudanThe Reckoning Project – Sudan (thereckoningproject.com)Worldwide
UN Special Procedures – online submission form (OHCHR)
The UN human rights office's online form for reporting alleged human rights violations to the Special Procedures (independent experts) of the Human Rights Council. Any individual, group, civil-society organisation, inter-governmental body or national human rights body can submit.
Contact: Online form: https://spsubmission.ohchr.org/ ; by post: OHCHR-UNOG, 8-14 Avenue de la Paix, 1211 Geneve 10, Switzerland. The page gives no email address.
PalestineSudanMyanmarThe UyghursIndia's MuslimsSpecial Procedures Submission Form (spsubmission.ohchr.org)Norway, Worldwide
Uyghur Hjelp
Norway-based non-profit that documents detained Uyghurs and rights violations, collects information, and helps Uyghurs in the diaspora who face difficulties.
Contact: Abduweli Ayup: yanmaymiz@gmail.com, uyghuryar123@gmail.com. Chinese-language: uyghurhjelp.zh@gmail.com
The UyghursUyghur Hjelp – Contact Us (uyghurhjelp.org)China (Xinjiang), Worldwide
Xinjiang Victims Database (Shahit)
Crowdfunded database documenting more than 101,400 ethnic-minority people detained in Xinjiang since 2017, built from family and witness testimonies.
Contact: Online testimony form: https://shahit.biz/eng/submit.php (photos and documents can be sent by email from the address you register)
The UyghursXinjiang Victims Database – Submit a testimony (shahit.biz)
For paralegals, lawyers and mosque help desks
The Justice Council adopts an existing legal-aid app rather than building its own, and runs it through India's document clinics and mosque help desks. Its data stays minimal and encrypted. The work it serves in the plan:
Months 1-3 · Ummah Relief and Reconstruction Waqf Trust
Draft the Waqf Trust's deed, trustee rules, sharia board terms, audit and sanctions-compliance manual. Include one ring-fenced, unconditional Palestine fund that is kept beyond any single state's reach by lawful means only, and the specification for a giving app that never holds funds.
PalestineSudanMyanmarThe UyghursIndia's MuslimsMonths 1-3 · Uyghur diaspora and documentation groups
Press Canada's immigration ministry to fill its 10,000-place Uyghur resettlement pledge before the end-2026 deadline, and other host states' interior ministries to make non-refoulement of Uyghurs binding. Offer zakat-funded community sponsorship through the Trust.
The UyghursMonths 1-3 · Indian legal aid services and local authorities
Build the India module of the legal-aid app and a document-clinic guide for mosque help desks. It covers name corrections, roll-revision appeals, Foreigners Tribunal hearings and eviction challenges under the Supreme Court's November 2025 and February 2026 rulings, with priority for women and the poor.
India's MuslimsMonths 4-6 · Indian legal aid services and local authorities
Back families with legal-aid lawyers to file contempt petitions against evictions carried out on a day's notice or without review, and habeas corpus petitions for Kashmiris held after Pahalgam. The Supreme Court has already ruled against punitive demolitions; the captured India–Bangladesh border talks are not used.
India's MuslimsMonths 7-9 · Indian legal aid services and local authorities
Analyse the West Bengal special intensive revision deletions by district and community, and Assam's evictions and holding-centre detentions. Turn the analysis into court filings and submissions to the National Human Rights Commission and the UN special rapporteurs, in place of the captured border talks.
India's MuslimsMonths 10-12 · Rohingya representative and survivor bodies
Ask Bangladesh and Malaysia to keep return voluntary and refuse any link between repatriation and dropping the ICJ case. Malaysia should halt its approved deportations and give UNHCR access to detention, and both should open lawful work for Rohingya, backed by the Trust's camp funding, and accept a representative body chosen through consultation in the camps.
MyanmarMonths 10-12 · Indian legal aid services and local authorities
Using the legal-aid files, ask the National Human Rights Commission to open inquiries into Assam's holding centres and evictions and into the Altaf Lali killing, and ask the Election Commission to restore wrongly deleted names before the next election. The Union government and the captured border talks are not the route.
India's Muslims
