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The Case for Justice: Why Transitional Justice Matters in Today’s World Without accountability for massive human rights abuses, societies coming out of conflict or dictatorship have little chance of building sustainable peace. This is the main principle of transitional justice, a set of measures used to seek redress for legacies of mass atrocity or state repression. Focusing on situations in Egypt, Uganda, Colombia and the Congo, “The Case for Justice” illuminates the crucial, but often misunderstood process facing countries across the globe. WITNESS August 14, 2012
Video Advocacy Example: Religious Persecution of the Baha’is in Iran The short documentary series “Angels of Iran” strives to raise awareness about a minority group that is too often left out of history books and conversations. In each video, Iran’s Baha’is come forward to tell their own stories of persecution and oppression. The videos do not come in any set order, but “Faith and Sacrifice: The Baha’is in Iran” provides an effective introduction for those who know little about the Baha’i Faith. It offers a broad overview of the situation and introduces us to Iran’s Baha’is on a very personal level. WITNESS August 10, 2012
Video Advocacy Example: Rwandan Women Tell Stories of Genocide’s Legacies In Rwanda, between April and June of 1994, an estimated 800,000 Tutsis were killed in the span of just 100 days. Years after the brutal genocide, Intended Consequences revisits the country, asking the difficult question, how does a woman care for her child when it's the son or daughter of the man who raped her? WITNESS August 6, 2012
Video Advocacy Example: Amnesty International’s Campaign for the Arms Trade Treaty More than 740,000 people die every year as a result of armed conflict. Who fuels these conflicts? Which nations provide the arms and munitions that enable dictators, gangs, and human rights abusers to kill, rape, torture, and forcefully evict innocent civilians? WITNESS July 26, 2012
Video Advocacy Example: Cultivating Compassion and Support for Iraqi Refugees Last spring I interned for Righteous Pictures (RP) a film and new media production company that operates with two arms: content creation, which includes the creation and production of both feature and short films, and content engagement to enhance the overall impact of film projects. WITNESS July 24, 2012
Video Advocacy Example: Waste and Recycling Workers’ Rights in Los Angeles Every American produces garbage. The issue of what happens to this waste is relevant to all of us. Before watching this video, it had never occurred to me that waste plant workers in the U.S. are encountering human rights abuses on a daily basis. WITNESS June 26, 2012
Behind-the-Scenes of Our 20th Anniversary Video The challenge: Make a video that encapsulates WITNESS and its work empowering human rights defenders to use video since 1992, set against a backdrop of global events from the last 20 years. Yvonne Ng June 22, 2012
Video Advocacy Example: Hope for Intravenous Drug Users In Russia The Andrey Rylkov Foundation (ARF) is the only organization providing needle exchange for drug users in Moscow. Their mission is to promote and develop humane drug policy based on tolerance, protection of health, dignity and human rights. WITNESS June 14, 2012
Anatomy of a Good Advocacy Video At WITNESS, we rotate facilitators at our weekly staff meetings. If assigned as facilitator, the person is responsible for doing some research and sharing a current advocacy video of interest. WITNESS May 10, 2012
Video Advocacy Example: New Voices in Sex Workers’ Rights Activism As advances in technology democratize the media field, its makers are becoming more and more diverse, presenting a prime opportunity for traditional advocates to become facilitators and traditional “victims” to become actors in advocacy scenarios. WITNESS March 27, 2012
Colombian Filmmaker Flees After Video of Violent Eviction Goes Viral A video depicting the violent forced eviction of nearly 600 people on the banks of Colombia’s Magdalena River has gone viral, eliciting a huge response from viewers around the world, including the President of Colombia (who was obliged to respond to the video publicly and defend the actions of the police force). Jackie Zammuto March 1, 2012
Vote for “My Asian Americana” for White House Video Challenge Did you know the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders is calling for video submissions? The aim is to explore stories from people who impact their communities through dreams, experiences and dedication. WITNESS February 29, 2012
Video Advocacy Example: LGBT and Transgender Awareness in the Anglican Church This video is an example by activists to bring an under-represented "voice" to the discussion of human sexuality to a group of leaders charged with making decisions on a global scale. WITNESS February 15, 2012
Video Advocacy Example: Civic Media How To’s On Sunday December 11, 2011 The New York Times published an extensive article illustrating the role of livestream technologies in the Occupy Wall Street movement. The following day, seventeen mediamakers, including members of the Global Revolution livestream team were arrested. WITNESS January 26, 2012
١٠ نصائح لتصوير المظاهرات والإعتقالات والإشتباكات هذه المدونة هي الأولى في سلسلة من المدونات في اللغة العربية تهدف إلى تبادل ما لدينا من المواد التدريبية مع الجمهور المتحدث باللغة العربية (انظر إلى المدونة الأساسية في أهم ١٠ نصائح في التصوير و الذي كتبه زميلي كريس مايكل).ل Raja Althaibani December 28, 2011