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Interview: Brazilian NGO CONAM on Resisting Evictions
Many poor communities in Brazilian cities are at risk of eviction due to the rising demand for space in urban centers and the onslaught of development projects underway in preparation for upcoming megaevents like the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics (read more on how Brazilian civil society is fighting back in this post).
March 2, 2011
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Video Interview: Railway Communities at Risk of Eviction in Kenya
More than 11,000 families are at risk of being forcibly evicted from their homes along the railway line of the Kibera settlement in Nairobi, Kenya.
February 18, 2011
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Video Interview: How To Resist Forced Evictions in Venezuela
In this interview (one more from our World Social Forum 2011 series from Dakar), Elizabeth Santos of the Red Metropolitana de Inquilinos y Movimientos Sociales de Caracas (Network of Tenants and Social Movements in Metropolitan Caracas) talks about the different tactics allied networks have used to resist and fight forced evictions in Caracas, Venezuela.
February 14, 2011
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Interview: Activist on Root Causes of Forced Evictions in Zimbabwe
My colleague Ryan Schlief and I are here in warm and sandy Dakar attending the 2011 World Social Forum along with about 75,000 other people from over 130 countries. We traveled all this way to meet with key allies in our forced evictions campaign, learn more about how activists around the world are using video in their advocacy on forced evictions, and brush up on our (very) rusty French.
February 9, 2011
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Brazil: Megaevents and Forced Evictions
For the past 20 years, the roughly 450 families that live in Vila Autódromo, a low-income community in western Rio de Janeiro, have been fighting off eviction.
November 23, 2010
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Forced evictions in focus at the Americas Social Forum
More than 15,000 Indigenous people at risk of being forcibly removed from their lands to make way for the construction of the Inambari Hydroelectric Center in Peru, a series of six dams in the Peruvian Amazon that will cost $15 billion dollars and, when ready, send approximately 80% of its energy to support large industries in neighboring Brazil.
September 6, 2010
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WITNESS in Paraguay for Americas Social Forum
Greetings from Asunción, Paraguay, where the IV Americas Social Forum kicks off today with a march and opening ceremony that includes remarks by Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchú and many other leaders of social movements and civil society from across the region.
August 11, 2010
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Looking Back at 2 Years of the Hub – Top 10 Most Covered (and Responded to) Issues
December 2009 marks the Hub's official two-year anniversary and we're looking back at the most popular videos, issues, campaigns, and blog posts since our launch. There's a lot to cover - the Hub is now home to 3,000 videos on a range of human rights issues from all around the world.
December 22, 2009
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Looking Back at 2 Years of the Hub – Top 10 Most Read Blog Posts
December 2009 marks the Hub's official two-year anniversary and we're looking back at the most popular videos, issues, campaigns, and blog posts since our launch.
December 22, 2009
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Looking Back at 2 Years of the Hub – Top 10 Most Mentioned Issues
December 2009 marks the Hub's official two-year anniversary and we're looking back at the most popular videos, issues, campaigns, and blog posts since our launch.
December 22, 2009
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Looking Back at 2 Years of the Hub – 10 Editor’s Picks
NOTE: As part of my job here at WITNESS, I have watched more than 2,000 videos on the Hub alone since I joined the team in mid-2008. Different videos have stuck with me for different reasons – some visceral, others more rational. Selecting just ten of these – and you’ll see I also snuck in […]
December 22, 2009
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2 years of the Hub: a look back
December 2009 marks the Hub’s official two-year anniversary and we’re looking back at the most popular videos, issues, campaigns, and blog posts since our launch. There’s a lot to cover – the Hub is now home to 3,000 videos on a range of human rights issues from all around the world. Since 2007, more than […]
December 21, 2009
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A Woman Dies on Camera – to Post or Not to Post?
Neda Agha-Soltan was shot during a protest in Iran in 2009. The video of her death was captured by an eyewitness and quickly circulated around the world. This incident brought about worldwide protest and surfaced many important questions about sharing videos of horrific events.
June 24, 2009
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The Thomas Lubanga Trial at the ICC – Day 3
Bukeni Waruzi, our program coordinator for Africa and the Middle East is in The Hague this week attending the first week of the Lubanga Trial. This is his vlog from Day 3 of the trial and a special commentary from Bukeni on a surprising day when the prosecution's first witness - presented as a former child soldier - reversed his testimony in court.
January 28, 2009
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Youssou N’Dour and local activists call for response to HIV/AIDS epidemic in Congo
Our colleagues Becky Lichtenfeld and Bukeni Waruzi traveled to the Democratic Republic of Congo last week to work with local organizations and government officials and help catalyze action in response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the region. Watch this short video with a roundup of their time in Kinshasa and then read the string of […]
September 9, 2008