Video for Change Archives - Page 27 of 53

Citizens Evacuate from One of Syria’s Most Targeted Towns In a region wrought with conflict, it is hard to believe any one place could be called the “city of death,” but the Damascus suburb of Moadamiyeh has become just that. WITNESS November 22, 2013
Human Rights Video Weekly: Cairo’s Tahrir Square Monument In the past week, citizen journalists have taken us from Cairo's Tahrir Square to garment worker protests in Cambodia and the Commonwealth Summit in Sri Lanka. WITNESS November 19, 2013
No Fire Zone: A Documentary with Serious Impact After watching the documentary "No Fire Zone" ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting held in Sri Lanka this year, David Cameron released a tweet demonstrating just a fraction of the impact this important film has had. WITNESS November 18, 2013
The WITNESS Guide to Cheap Digital Cameras for Activists A review of six cameras (and suggested accessories) for under US $300 for video activists on a budget. WITNESS November 18, 2013
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
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
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
Drones for Good? The Basic Human Rights Considerations Ruminating upon what some purport as the inevitable; the widespread integration of aerial robots into other areas of society. We explore the initial concerns and possibilities surrounding the use of drones for human rights monitoring and activism. WITNESS November 1, 2013
The Human Rights Video Weekly: Documentation of Bombing Campaign in Nuba Mountains of Sudan This week we feature videos from the disputed territory of Western Sahara, the home of a political activist in Cuba, the fields of rural France, and the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. WITNESS October 29, 2013
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
WITNESS Ally Among 200 Arrested Protesters in Rio de Janeiro: Please Take Action From the start of the protests in Rio, video has played a pivotal role in helping expose abuse against protestors. Now the videographers are being targeted. Priscila Néri October 17, 2013
L6g49CARAAhP660rO9DCn4W3L: Email and Chat Encryption Basics for Activists Activists everywhere face the violations of their right to privacy especially in their online communications. We share basics of encryption that may help keep you, your networks and your communications safer. WITNESS October 16, 2013
Street Art, Video and Social Change: Kenya Street Artist WiseTwo Visits WITNESS WiseTwo is a Kenyan street artist based in Nairobi. WiseTwo recently stopped by WITNESS with fellow street artist Joel Artista to discuss the intersection of social action, street art and video advocacy. WITNESS October 11, 2013
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
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