- Strengthening Collective Capacity to Respond to the War on Gaza Read WITNESS’ Statement. This post is also available in Arabic. A communications blackout plunged millions of Gazans, including civilians, journalists, paramedic teams and aid agencies, in an information vacuum from October 27 to midday October 29 when connectivity was partially restored. Today, we stand in a moment fraught with the gravest of risks for further […]
- ရိုဟင်ဂျာလူမျိုးတုံးသတ်ဖြတ်မှုကို အောက်မေ့သတိရ အထိမ်းအမှတ်ပြုခြင်း Read the English version here. ဤဆောင်းပါးကို သြဂုတ်လ ၂၅ ရက်နေ့တွင် ကျရောက်သော ရိုဟင်ဂျာ လူမျိုးတုံးသတ်ဖြတ်ခံရမှု အောက်မေ့ဘွယ်နေ့ကို အထိမ်းအမှတ်ပြုရန်၊ ရိုဟင်ဂျာ လူမှုအသိုင်းအဝိုင်း၏ အရှုံးမပေး ကြံ့ကြံ့ခံ ရင်ဆိုင်နိုင်စွမ်းကို ဂုဏ်ပြုရန်နှင့် ရိုဟင်ဂျာလူမျိုးတုံးသတ်ဖြတ်မှုများ ဆက်လက်ဖြစ်ပွားနေခြင်းကို သတိရကြရန်အတွက် ရေးသားတင်ပြခြင်း ဖြစ်ပါသည်။ TW: အကြမ်းဖက်မှု၊ လူမျိုးတုံးသတ်ဖြတ်မှု တပ်မတော်၏ ရက်စက်ယုတ်မာစွာ အကြမ်းဖက်မှုနှင့် လူမျိုးတုံးသတ်ဖြတ်မှုကြောင့် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံမှ ရိုဟင်ဂျာပြည်သူများ ဘင်္ဂလားဒေ့ရှ်နိုင်ငံဘက်သို့ အစုအပြုံလိုက် ထွက်ပြေးတိမ်းရှောင်မှု ဖြစ်ပွားခဲ့သည်မှာ ခြောက်နှစ်တိုင်တိုင် ကြာမြင့်ခဲ့ပြီ ဖြစ်ပါသည်။ ရခိုင်ပြည်နယ်တွင် နေထိုင်ကြသည့် ရိုဟင်ဂျာ ၆ သိန်းခန့်သည် ၂၀၁၇ ခုနှစ် ဩဂုတ်လ ၂၅ မှစ၍ သူတို့၏ အိုးအိမ်နေရပ်များမှ ထွက်ပြေးတိမ်းရှောင်ခဲ့ကြရသည်။ သူတို့သည် […]
- Memorialising the Rohingya Genocide မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့် ဤနေရာတွင် ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ This post is written to mark Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day on 25th of August, to honour the resilience of the Rohingya community, and to remember the ongoing Rohingya Genocide. TW: Violence; Genocide Six years have passed since the mass exodus of the Rohingya people from Myanmar to Bangladesh, fleeing brutal military crackdowns […]
- Menggunakan Video Sebagai Alat Perjuangan Keadilan Lingkungan Ditulis oleh Dalila Mujagic dan Meghana Bahar. Blog ini adalah hasil terjemahan dari versi asli berbahasa Inggris. Tulisan ini didedikasikan untuk leluhur kita, bumi, semesta dan segala isinya, yang untuk kita selalu mengingat yang memberi kehidupan. Dengan memberi hormat kepada leluhur, kita juga memberi hormat kepada ibu bumi. WITNESS meluncurkan panduan terbaru ‘Video sebagai Alat […]
- Use Video in the Fight for Earth Justice Written by Dalila Mujagic and Meghana Bahar. This post is dedicated to our ancestors, human and other-than-human, who remind us that to constantly re-root ourselves into the soil is to decolonize justice. We honor the wildness of Mother Earth whom the ancients strove to eternally water. In their memory, we continue the fight for Earth […]
- Stop Violence Against Defenders of Indigenous People Those of us who subscribe to and are members of various community media collectives in Abya Yala, gathered in the network CORAL (Colectivxs Reunidos de América Latina), express our concern and outrage over the recent acts of violence that occurred in the sister Republic of Ecuador and the null protection of the State for those who […]
- 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 […]
- 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 […]
- 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. […]
- Video Evidence and the Case for the Rohingya How eyewitness video and digital evidence verification work together to corroborate violence and destruction in Burma.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
