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#Video4Change: Flash Mob + Remix of Lady Gaga Song = Viral Advocacy?
A fantastically creative advocacy video from San Francisco Pride at Work, a coalition between the LGBT community and UNITE HERE, a union representing over 300,000 hospitality and manufacturing workers across North America, has been taking over my Facebook feed this week - and for good reason. Check it out...
WITNESS
May 11, 2010
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Innovative Video Tool: Personalized Videos from the Green Party UK
I'm all about personalized videos - from supporting advocacy efforts to personalized birthday videos. So, I was grinning from ear to ear when I saw this incredibly innovative video tool from Green Party UK.
WITNESS
May 6, 2010
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tyrannybook: The Facebook of Human Rights Violators and Those Who Watch Them
Earlier this month, Amnesty International Portugal launched tyrannybook, a new social media site designed to spotlight some of the world's worst human rights violators.
WITNESS
May 6, 2010
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Update on STAND Partnership: Obama Administration Creates New Position
President Obama creates a new post to better equip the United States in its efforts to prevent genocide and mass atrocities.
WITNESS
May 5, 2010
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The Internet as a Peacekeeper?
I recently read an article published on Foreign Policy magazine's website about how the Internet would bring freedom and peace to an entirely new level globally.
WITNESS
April 28, 2010
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LGBT Rights in Africa: Uganda
I'm the IT coordinator here and will occasionally blog about issues relating to tech inside a non-profit organization that uses technology all the time. I am also going to be sharing thoughts about human rights issues that are of personal import.
WITNESS
April 28, 2010
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A Landmark Step Forward for America’s Seniors: The Elder Justice Act
Over the course of the last decade, the Elder Justice Coalition has been fighting to secure passage of the Elder Justice Act. To support the passage of this landmark legislation and empower Americans to speak up about the growing crisis of elder abuse, the National Council on Aging (NCOA), WITNESS and 17 elder rights advocates from across the nation went into the homes of courageous American seniors to document their poignant stories about abuse, neglect and exploitation.
WITNESS
April 14, 2010
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Haiti earthquake – video and resources
We're not tracking the Haiti earthquake ourselves, but here are a few links to those who are...
WITNESS
January 13, 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.
Priscila Néri
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 […]
Priscila Néri
December 21, 2009
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Bahrain: video testimony of abuses
As the latest Editor's Picks on the Hub show, evidence is emerging of continuing abuses against individuals and human rights defenders in Bahrain. Through these testimonies (in Arabic) individuals report serious mistreatment, abuse and injury at the hands of the Bahraini police.
WITNESS
October 22, 2009
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Thomas Lubanga Trial at the ICC: The Second Week
The second week of accused Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga's trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) came to a close with the father of the boy soldier that recanted his testimony late last week, and suggested he had been coached on what to say.
WITNESS
February 6, 2009
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Thomas Lubanga Trial at the ICC 2009 – Day 4
Bukeni Waruzi, program coordinator for Africa and the Middle East at WITNESS, sends his last vlog from The Hague where he has been an NGO observer at the first ever trial at the International Criminal Court for Thomas Lubanga, accused of conscripting children under the age of 15 for soldiering in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
WITNESS
January 29, 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.
Priscila Néri
January 28, 2009
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Thomas Lubanga Trial at the ICC 2009 – Day 2
Bukeni Waruzi, program coordinator for Africa and the Middle East for WITNESS, reflects on Thomas Lubanga's defense team argument on Day 2 of the trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC). Bukeni also highlights that tomorrow is the first day when witnesses will participate in the trial.
WITNESS
January 27, 2009