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Occupying Dhaka
Inspiring widespread activism on social media, a nation-wide youth-led movement for road safety emerged across Bangladesh and in cyberspace, as students in Dhaka drove the city to a standstill.
Meghana Bahar
October 22, 2018
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You Are Power: The Women and Organizations Who Inspire Us
In honor and in celebration of International Women's Day 2018, WITNESS' regional teams highlight the women and organizations who inspire us.
WITNESS
March 7, 2018
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The Hunt for Digital Evidence of the Rohingya Genocide
In documenting historical records of destruction or grievous danger to a peoples over time, digital trails are a human rights crusader’s best–sometimes most accurate–source of evidence. And yet at the same time, such data can fall into the wrong hands, putting the lives of the persecuted, and those fighting for their rights, at grave risk. […]
Meghana Bahar
November 29, 2017
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Keep fighting; keep filming
This month marks three years since Eric Garner was murdered by the NYPD. This month, Black Lives Matter turned four years old. And this month marked four years since a jury of almost all white women acquitted the man who killed Trayvon Martin of second-degree murder. Racism in the United States has been forced out […]
Dia Kayyali
July 25, 2017
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Immersive Witnessing: From Empathy and Outrage to Action
There are challenges and opportunities in virtual reality, live and immersive media for social good. New WITNESS projects aim to channel this empathy into meaningful action.
Sam Gregory
August 2, 2016
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Images and Metadata Help Counter the Official Narrative in Oaxaca, Mexico
Journalists and activists use images and metadata to expose the truth about armed authorities at a deadly protest in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Laura Salas
July 7, 2016
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An International Collaboration Brings Western Sahara into Focus
Watching Western Sahara is a collaborative video curation platform created to curate and contextualize eyewitness footage of human rights in the occupied territory of Western Sahara. WITNESS’s Madeleine Bair and FiSahara’s María Carrión explain how and why the collaboration came to be.
WITNESS
July 5, 2016
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Analysis of Eyewitness Video Data Shows Climate of Hatred Toward Transgender and Gender Nonconforming People
The WITNESS Media Lab shares initial findings from a new project focused on curating and analyzing data from videos of violent acts against transgender and gender nonconforming people that have been captured and shared for entertainment.
WITNESS
June 28, 2016
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Launching Watching Western Sahara
A new project aims to bridge the gap between footage of abuse taken by at-risk activists and the international audiences who can use it.
WITNESS
April 18, 2016
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Curating Online Videos to Monitor Human Rights in Western Sahara
As UN diplomats relaunch talks between Western Sahara and Morocco, a new WITNESS Media Lab project will curate footage from the disputed territory.
WITNESS
March 11, 2016
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See, Hear… Act?: Co-Present Storytelling and Action
How can emerging tech tools like live-streaming or task routing apps be used to connect communities of support with activists on the ground in real time?
Sam Gregory
October 9, 2015
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The ‘Yes Men’ Talk Video, Activism, and Climate Change
As they release their third feature film, The Yes Men Are Revolting, we talk with the devious duo about how they use film for activism and their current focus on climate change.
Sarah Stein Kerr
June 9, 2015
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Video as Evidence Case Study: Filming Long After A Crime in Croatia
We look at a case study where video was used in criminal proceedings against a Serbo-Croatian politician at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY).
Kelly Matheson
February 5, 2015
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Documenting Rio’s Resistance: Interview with ‘State of Exception’ Director Jason O’Hara
In his new film Canadian documentary filmmaker Jason O’Hara takes on forced evictions and mega-events, working collaboratively with Rio’s communities to tell stories of resistance and document human rights abuses since 2010.
WITNESS
January 9, 2015
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Director Michèle Stephenson Discusses Impact and “American Promise”
Our series of interviews featuring the filmmaking teams behind the the five winners of the 2014 BritDoc Impact Award for documentaries continues this week with an interview with Michèle Stephenson, director of American Promise.
Sarah Stein Kerr
January 8, 2015
