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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.
WITNESS
November 12, 2013
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How You Can Support Immigrant Women Survivors of Gender-Based Violence
Immigrant women who are survivors of sexual violence in the U.S. face additional barriers to support in the form of language differences, a lack of culturally relevant services, and navigating complicated legal systems.
WITNESS
November 11, 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.
WITNESS
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.
WITNESS
November 4, 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.
WITNESS
October 31, 2013
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Why Time is Running Out For Your Videotapes
How can individuals and organizations with limited resources deal with preserving all the videos recorded on tapes years ago?
Yvonne Ng
October 30, 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.
WITNESS
October 24, 2013
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Don’t Miss This Video: FIFA Never Thought it’d have to Go on a PR Tour to Sell Football… in Brazil
FIFA must do more than send PR representatives to Brazil for damage control ahead of the 2014 World Cup. They must show they are serious about stopping forced evictions.
Priscila Néri
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.
WITNESS
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.
WITNESS
October 21, 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.
WITNESS
October 14, 2013
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Protesters Film as Sudan Revolts
The Human Rights Channel is following events as they unfold in Sudan. In this post we discuss a few videos from our ongoing playlist “Sudan Revolts.”
WITNESS
October 10, 2013
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Part 2: How 114 Videos Tell One Story about Forced Evictions in Rio
We share findings of our curation project, bringing over 100 videos together to tell the story of forced evictions in Rio de Janiero.
Priscila Néri
October 9, 2013
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The Human Rights Video Weekly: Bansky’s Take on Citizen Video from Syria
And families of arrested protesters in Sudan stage a silent protest aimed at the director of national security there demanding the release of those detained.
WITNESS
October 8, 2013
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Can 114 Videos Tell One Story about Forced Evictions in Rio?
A video curation project brings together over 100 powerful videos to show how forced evictions unfolded across Rio de Janeiro.
Priscila Néri
October 7, 2013
