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Corporal Abuse of Migrant Workers in Saudi Arabia
Rarely does documentation surface of the prevalent and tacitly acknowledged abuse migrant workers experience in Saudi Arabia, making this video circulating the internet particularly significant.
November 20, 2013
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Human Rights Video Weekly: Cairo’s Tahrir Square Monument
In the past week, citizen journalists have taken us from Cairo's Tahrir Square to garment worker protests in Cambodia and the Commonwealth Summit in Sri Lanka.
November 19, 2013
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Video Testimony of a “Sudan Revolts” Police Abuse Victim
Sixty-one-year-old Salah Dawoud did not actively take part in the wave of protests that swept across Sudan in late September. But, as he explains in this video testimony, he is a victim of the Sudanese government’s excess use of force.
November 14, 2013
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WITNESS Stands With Youth Fighting Legal Battle for Climate Justice
WITNESS joined other organizations and advocates in filing an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to support young people suing the federal government for not acting to reverse climate change.
November 13, 2013
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Human Rights Video Weekly: Police Officers on Trial in South Africa
In South Africa citizen video may help bring about justice for one case in the country's alarming pattern of police brutality. Cuba lobbies for a seat at the Human Rights Council and Sri Lanka attempts to stave off controversy ahead of an international summit.
November 12, 2013
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Human Rights Video Weekly: YouTube Reality TV Show from the Gaza Strip
This week we bring you a YouTube reality show from the Gaza Strip, interviews with displaced campesinos in Honduras, and a march against sexual violence in Kenya.
November 5, 2013
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Political Dissidents Speak Out Against the Regime in Cuba
Rare video documentation of a political protest in Cuba is a glimpse into the country with the lowest cell phone penetration rate in Latin America and severe restrictions to political content uploading onto the web.
November 4, 2013
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Drones for Good? The Basic Human Rights Considerations
Ruminating upon what some purport as the inevitable; the widespread integration of aerial robots into other areas of society. We explore the initial concerns and possibilities surrounding the use of drones for human rights monitoring and activism.
November 1, 2013
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Targeted Killings in the Bajo Aguán Valley of Honduras
Citizen video tells the story of the exhumation of one campesino in Honduras in a region where dozens of campesinos have gone missing or been killed in the past three years.
October 31, 2013
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The Human Rights Video Weekly: Documentation of Bombing Campaign in Nuba Mountains of Sudan
This week we feature videos from the disputed territory of Western Sahara, the home of a political activist in Cuba, the fields of rural France, and the Nuba Mountains of Sudan.
October 29, 2013
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Killing of a Protester in the Disputed Western Sahara
This video documents the latest attack against Sahrawi protesters calling on Morocco to recognize the sovereignty of Western Sahara, during which a young man was shot and killed.
October 24, 2013
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The Human Rights Video Weekly: Cambodia To See Another Wave of Mass Protests
This week we're watching for major protests in Cambodia, creative protests in Saudi Arabia, and documentation of human rights violations in the Western Sahara and Brazil.
October 22, 2013
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Saudi Arabia: Videos Challenge a Ban on Women Driving and Gather Support for Change
By driving, and agreeing to have this act film, Saudi women are resisting the restriction on women’s rights for one of the most basic and essential tasks of life—getting around.
October 21, 2013
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L6g49CARAAhP660rO9DCn4W3L: Email and Chat Encryption Basics for Activists
Activists everywhere face the violations of their right to privacy especially in their online communications. We share basics of encryption that may help keep you, your networks and your communications safer.
October 16, 2013
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The Human Rights Video Weekly: Ethnic Tension in Russia
A death stokes xenophobic violence in Moscow, while in Damascus, community reporters document a humanitarian crisis escalating around them.
October 14, 2013
