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This Week on The Human Rights Channel – Afghanistan, Bahrain and Venezuela
This week we look at protests videos from Afghanistan, Bahrain and Venezuela covering issues ranging from female representation to government accountability. We also feature eyewitness testimony from the Ukraine, as bombing victims recount their experiences.
February 4, 2015
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This Week On The Human Rights Channel – Egypt, Ukraine, Israel and Yemen
This week citizen footage takes us to protests in the streets of Cairo and Sanaa. We also look at video condemning the state of Israel for failing to protect Thai agricultural workers from exploitation.
January 28, 2015
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Cuban Activism Amid Changing International Relations
While restrictions on Cuban media make it difficult to know what the average Cuban thinks of the current policy changes underway, a growing network of independent bloggers, news outlets, and activists are documenting developments and filming stories and opinions that the state-controlled media ignores.
January 21, 2015
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This Week on The Human Rights Channel: Haiti, Saudi Arabia and Sudan
Saudi Arabia takes punitive measures against a blogger charged with insulting Islam, citizen journalists in the Nuba Mountains report that December was the most violent month in the war in South Kordofan, and the anniversary of Haiti’s devastating quake is marked with a protest against political gridlock.
January 15, 2015
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Director Michèle Stephenson Discusses Impact and “American Promise”
Our series of interviews featuring the filmmaking teams behind the the five winners of the 2014 BritDoc Impact Award for documentaries continues this week with an interview with Michèle Stephenson, director of American Promise.
January 8, 2015
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This Week on the Human Rights Channel – ICYMI Edition
From the results of Kashmir’s election to an interview with Aleppo’s Free Syrian Army fighters, and calls for peace and security in Pakistan following the deadly school attack last month, this posts features some of the citizen reports that came out at the end of 2014.
January 7, 2015
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The 2014 Human Rights Citizen Video – Year in Review
Police brutality, forced evictions, political protests and migrant abuse. A look back at 2014's human rights struggles through citizen footage. What videos did we watch, and what impact did they have?
December 10, 2014
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An Interview with Pamela Yates About the Impact of “Granito”
Part of a series featuring the 2014 BritDoc Impact Award winners, we interview Pamela Yates about Granito which investigates how archival footage was used as evidence to bring an indictment against a former Guatemalan dictator.
December 4, 2014
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Data and Storytelling: Crisis Mapping For Human Rights Solutions
WITNESS' Alexandra Zaretsky learns that maps are not merely a way to freeze objects, people, and places at a specific moment in time. Rather, in the hands of this visionary community working on maps to enable social good, they can be so much more.
December 2, 2014
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Music Monday: 16 Liberating Voices For Women’s Rights
These women artists sing about obstacles to social justice while also affirming and celebrating their invaluable role in bringing about change.
December 1, 2014
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Music Monday – Nina Simone Inspires Activism
This Monday we feature Nina Simone, not only because she was a brilliant singer/songwriter, a Juilliard-trained pianist, but also because of her pivotal role on the Civil Rights Movement and the liberation struggle.
November 24, 2014
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Will the Syrian Hero Boy Make Us Question Everything We See? (and why don’t we do that already?)
A video described as showing Syrian kids attacked by snipers was revealed to be the work of filmmakers and actors in Malta. It’s only the latest example of online video shared with misleading context.
November 20, 2014
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Video as Evidence: Adding Detailed Information to Your Video
Adding information about who, what, when, where to your video makes it easier to verify the content, therefore giving it a better chance to secure justice for human rights abuse.
November 19, 2014
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This Week on the Human Rights Channel: Burkina Faso, France, and Iraq
Citizen video documents the unfolding events in Burkina Faso. Protesters in France respond to the death of an environmental activist, and eyewitness footage captures a massacre in Iraq.
November 5, 2014
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Video as Evidence: Filming The Aftermath of a Human Rights Incident
Film the aftermath of a human rights incident can be vitally important to investigations. This is the second installment in the "Video as Evidence" blog series from WITNESS.
October 24, 2014
