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Forced-Evictions
  • Filming for the Rights of the Papuan People and Land Since a takeover in the 1960s, West Papua has faced relentless human rights abuse and environmental damage as Indonesia plunders its resource-rich land. The region is host to the American and British-owned Freeport mine, the largest gold mine in the world, which has effectively poisoned the local river system and reduced a sacred mountain to […] WITNESS ASIA April 21, 2022
  • Using Video to Fight Forced Evictions in the U.S. Forced evictions on stolen land during a global pandemic? That’s a reality facing nearly 30-40 million people in the U.S. who can’t pay their rent. Forced evictions have been happening on these lands since colonizers first arrived, terrorizing and displacing Indigenous communities. Today’s eviction crisis is only the latest in generations of compounding crises of […] Isabel Pinheiro October 22, 2020
  • The Hunt for Digital Evidence of the Rohingya Genocide In documenting historical records of destruction or grievous danger to a peoples over time, digital trails are a human rights crusader’s best–sometimes most accurate–source of evidence. And yet at the same time, such data can fall into the wrong hands, putting the lives of the persecuted, and those fighting for their rights, at grave risk. […] Meghana Bahar November 29, 2017
  • Video Evidence and the Case for the Rohingya How eyewitness video and digital evidence verification work together to corroborate violence and destruction in Burma. Meghana Bahar October 5, 2017
  • This Neighborhood in Colombia Says “No” to Evictions Residents of the La Cascada neighborhood are currently resisting evictions and demanding government intervention to address the issue of deteriorating housing in a holistic way. Jackie Zammuto March 26, 2015
  • El barrio de la Cascada dice no a los desalojos La Cascada es un barrios donde actualmente los habitantes se encuentran resistiendo a los desalojos y exigiendo la intervención del gobierno para solucionar de forma integral el problema de deterioro de las viviendas. WITNESS March 25, 2015
  • Documenting Rio’s Resistance: Interview with ‘State of Exception’ Director Jason O’Hara In his new film Canadian documentary filmmaker Jason O’Hara takes on forced evictions and mega-events, working collaboratively with Rio’s communities to tell stories of resistance and document human rights abuses since 2010. WITNESS January 9, 2015
  • In China, Victims Protest Forced Evictions Through Suicide Urbanization and economic growth are rapidly increasing in China, but often at the cost of people’s right to land. Some citizens are taking the drastic step of attempting suicide. WITNESS September 4, 2014
  • Brazil’s Urban Occupations Demand Their Government Recognize Housing as a Human Right Activists in Brazil have been occupying land and abandoned buildings for more than 20 years. They use multiple tactics including legal action to try to win legal deeds to land and property and pressing the government to recognize the right to housing for all. WITNESS July 12, 2014
  • Stopping Bulldozers: Fighting Forced Evictions with Video From citizen journalists in India to audiovisual artists in Colombia, people are using WITNESS resources to strengthen their grassroots work in the fight against forced evictions and to empower more to get involved. WITNESS June 20, 2014
  • Access to Transportation Denied in Many of Brazil’s World Cup Cities While the country invested large amounts of money into the mega sporting event, critics say it did not do the same for the nation's transportation infrastructure. WITNESS June 9, 2014
  • 3 Years After a Forced Eviction, Only Empty Promises and Rubble Where Homes Once Stood In addition to the Santos family, 93 others are evicted from a community in Rio de Janeiro for an infrastructure project ahead of the 2014 World Cup, however three years after the eviction the project remains unrealized. WITNESS June 4, 2014
  • Groups in Colombia Use Video to Fight Evictions Interviews from Medellín's housing and land rights activists and community leaders about the forced evictions taking place in and around the city and how they are using video to preserve the memory of places that are disappearing and to document human rights violations. Laura Salas June 3, 2014
  • Grupos en Colombia usan video frente a desplazamientos Entrevistas con activistas de derechos a la vivienda y líderes comunitarios de Medellín sobre los desalojos forzosos que están ocurriendo y cómo usan el video para preservar la memoria de lugares que desaparecerán y documentan violaciones a los derechos humanos. Laura Salas June 3, 2014
  • Mapping Our Materials: The Forced Evictions Advocacy Toolkit Goes Global Highlights from Brazil, Burma, Colombia, Egypt, Philippines and Scotland on how the Forced Evictions Advocacy Toolkit is being used by activists, artists and communities. Part one of a two-part series. Jackie Zammuto May 16, 2014

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