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NudgeCam: A Video Coach in Your Phone
I love making martians on my iPhone. I have a great, free app and since I'm heading to wedding number six of the summer this weekend, I can testify that it is a great hit with both kids and grandparents.
September 3, 2010
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Uncover the truth behind disappearances in Nepal
Purnimaya Lama’s husband, Arjun, was abducted by members of the Maoist party on 19 April 2005 in the village of Chhatrebanjh in Nepal. Despite years of campaigning, Purnimaya does not know the truth behind what happened to her husband and no one has yet been brought to justice.
August 30, 2010
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Indigenous Rights Protected After Indian Mine Stopped
Following years of controversy and activism, the Government of India on Tuesday rejected the proposed bauxite mining project in the eastern state of Orissa determining that the mine violates environmental and forestry laws and would lead to further abuses against the indigenous communities in the area.
August 25, 2010
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What do you think about human rights (and your rights) online?
Government police shutting down farmer’s protests in China. A tobacco company employing under-age workers in Kazakhstan. Iranian merchants striking to protest tax increases in Tehran.
August 24, 2010
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Universal Subtitles: Open Source Subtitling for Web Video
Last week, our friends at the Participatory Culture Foundation put out a beta release of Universal Subtitles, an online tool that allows people to add subtitles to any video on the web.
August 20, 2010
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WITNESS training materials and videos in Burmese
Over the past few years, literally hundreds of thousands have been moved to action by the videos created by our former partners at Burma Issues. Both the trailer and full version of just one video, Shoot on Sight, have been seen 1 million times on YouTube and the Hub alone - not to mention the dozens of times it has been screened before decision-makers and supporters.
August 15, 2010
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Landmark Decision – Prop 8 Ruling
Thursday August 5th, 2010, was a victory day for the LGBT community. California's Prop 8 ruling was deemed unconstitutional in a landmark decision by Justice Vaughn R. Walker of the California Federal Court. The Rachel Maddow Show sums it up very well on MSNBC.
August 6, 2010
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Training Series: The Primary Audiences for the Toolkit (and How We Identified Them)
In preparing for the Video Advocacy Planning Toolkit that we’re building (see my last post for an overview), we did a ‘persona’ exercise to help us narrow the primary audiences that we envision as key users.
August 3, 2010
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Training Series: WITNESS is Creating a Video Advocacy Planning Toolkit and We Want Your Input
If you’re new to WITNESS, we’re a 28 person organization that works internationally to train, equip and support human rights advocates to strategically use video. We empower people to transform personal stories of abuse into powerful tools for justice, promoting public engagement and policy change.
July 28, 2010
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Forced Evictions in the Name of Development
In an earlier blog post my colleague Sam Gregory introduced our new focus on gender-based violence. Our second focus area is what is known as development-induced displacement, or the forced eviction of people and communities in the name of development.
July 14, 2010
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Vimeo Integrates Creative Commons Licenses
I've been a huge fan of Vimeo since its launch - a beautiful, simple interface, a super creative and active filmmaking community and a platform that made it easy to share your videos.
July 13, 2010
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Presumed Guilty: Documentary Puts Mexican Legal System on Trial
Toño Zúñiga was just your average aspiring rapper and break dancer who made a living running a small electronics repair stand.
July 7, 2010
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Peter Gabriel Contributes to The Voice Project
In the spirit of his latest tour, Scratch My Back (on which WITNESS was invited to join the North American leg), our co-founder Peter Gabriel has just released another cover: "In My Neighborhood" by Tom Waits.
June 22, 2010
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Protecting yourself, your subjects and your human rights videos on YouTube
Last week we started a blog series with YouTube, highlighting the role that online video is playing in human rights advocacy. And though activists around the world have shown how powerful YouTube can be as a tool to raise awareness of human rights violations, this kind of work opens up new risks, online and offline.
June 21, 2010
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Srebrenica: A Forensic Reconstruction Now on Exhibit at Open Society Archive
In July 1995, over 8,000 Muslim men and boys were systematically slaughtered on grounds of ethnicity in and around Srebrenica in roughly 72 hours by units of the Bosnian Serb Army.
June 14, 2010
