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Mapping Our Materials: The Forced Evictions Advocacy Toolkit Goes Global
Highlights from Brazil, Burma, Colombia, Egypt, Philippines and Scotland on how the Forced Evictions Advocacy Toolkit is being used by activists, artists and communities. Part one of a two-part series.
Jackie Zammuto
May 16, 2014
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Human Rights Video Weekly: Vietnam, Syria, and Kenya
This week we bring you videos documenting the forced evictions of farmers in Vietnam, an update on a barrel bomb attack in Syria, and documentation of the continued roundup of Somali and other immigrants in Kenya.
WITNESS
May 14, 2014
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The Ethics of Curating Citizen Video
When professionals are not the ones behind the cameras, how can we apply ethical standards to using video documenting human rights abuse? Our Human Rights Channel Curator weighs in on the current debate on the ethics of utilizing citizen media.
WITNESS
May 13, 2014
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Peace for Whom? Life Inside Rio’s Occupied Maré Favela
The Maré favela complex is home to 130,000 people and an army pacification force who are there to protect the residents according to the Brazilian government. But unease and reports of abuse abound.
WITNESS
May 8, 2014
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Human Rights Video Weekly: Police Operations in Brazil, Detention of Refugees in Kenya, Protests in Western Sahara
This week we bring you the first in a series of dispatches from Brazil, as well as footage from Kenya and Western Sahara, and the latest from the Nuba Mountains of Sudan.
WITNESS
May 6, 2014
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Police Occupation of Brazil’s Favelas
The controversial death of a young Brazilian dancer sparked protests in one of Rio's favelas, bringing attention to police violence faced by favela residents.
WITNESS
May 6, 2014
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Human Rights Video Weekly: Ukrainian activists attacked by pro-Russian mobs, Colombian community shelled, Ethiopian bloggers detained
Police dogs used to attack a man in Papua New Guinea, Ethiopian internet activists arrested, and Saudi Arabian regulation of YouTube videos.
WITNESS
April 30, 2014
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Human Rights Video Weekly: Sudan, South Sudan, South Africa, Kenya and Algeria
A UN representative captures the aftermath of an atrocity in South Sudan, South African school children suggest ways to use taxpayer funds, video prompts an investigation in Algeria, and more.
WITNESS
April 22, 2014
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Kenyan Authorities Target Somali Refugees in Terror Sweep
Following recent terrorist attacks, Kenyan police have rounded up thousands of Somali refugees.
WITNESS
April 21, 2014
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Human Rights Video Weekly: Chemical Attack in Syria, Algerian Elections, Saudi Online Activists Arrested
Venezuelan developers respond to verification issues with a camera app while Syria suffers another chemical weapon attack. Next week's elections cause Algerian media suppression, and Saudi online activists threatened with arrest.
WITNESS
April 16, 2014
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DVD de Ferramentas: Fortalecendo a Resistência contra Remoções Forçadas
Um DVD de Ferramentas especialmente para líderes comunitários, militantes de movimentos sociais e ativistas lutando pelo direito à moradia e resistindo aos despejos forçadas.
Jackie Zammuto
April 9, 2014
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Human Rights Video Weekly: Remembering Father Frans, Ukraine Clashes, Ethnic Violence in Myanmar
Dutch priest Father Frans is murdered in Homs, Syria on Monday, dynamics change in the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan, and ethnic violence escalates in Myanmar, affecting international aid workers.
WITNESS
April 8, 2014
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As World Cup Stadiums Go Up, Brazilians’ Homes Are Torn Down
Video from human rights groups and activists is shifting the attention to forced evictions carried out in the lead up to the World Cup.
WITNESS
April 8, 2014
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Sharing Stories to Combat Sexual Assault and Street Harassment
Activists organize throughout April to draw awareness and take action against sexual harassment and assault.
Matisse Bustos Hawkes
April 4, 2014
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Human Rights Video Weekly: Brazil, Papua New Guinea, and Mexico
From the Papua New Guinean police force, to the heart of Mexico's cartel territory, to the occupied favelas of Rio de Janeiro, we share recent citizen videos from these locations and more.
WITNESS
April 1, 2014
