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WITNESS and Storyful Announce New YouTube Channel For Human Rights
WITNESS is pleased to announce The Human Rights Channel, a new channel on YouTube. In collaboration with Storyful, the channel is a platform to tell breaking stories through the lenses of citizen journalists that will change the way we view, share and engage human rights video.
Sam Gregory
May 24, 2012
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Building Human Rights Oriented Guidelines for Synthetic Media
Takeaways/TLDR: Partnership on AI, in collaboration with WITNESS and other key allies, has published the Responsible Practices for Synthetic Media Framework, which offers guidelines for developing, creating, sharing, and publishing synthetic media ethically and responsibly. The Framework is directed towards those building technology and infrastructure for synthetic media, those creating synthetic media, and those distributing […]
Jacobo Castellanos
February 28, 2023
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Eyes on Internet Shutdowns: Documenting for Human Rights
This is the first of a series of posts to mark the official launch of WITNESS’s global campaign on internet shutdowns, that highlights community strategies for documenting human rights abuses during a shutdown. Visit the campaign homepage to stay updated about new resources. This blog post is available in Spanish, Arabic and Farsi. In an impassioned […]
Meghana Bahar
September 1, 2021
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Tweet Chat: Archiving For Human Rights
For Archives Month 2020, WITNESS Africa hosted a Twitter chat on archiving for the promotion and protection of human rights. In the chat, pertinent questions regarding the importance, practicalities and challenges to human rights archiving were put to Ayanda K of VIDERE and Yvonne Ng of WITNESS. Here is a recap of the chat on […]
WITNESS
November 3, 2020
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Help Us Secure Justice for Land Rights Activist Samir Flores Soberanes
On February 20th, Samir Flores Soberanes, popular communicator and activist, was murdered outside his house in Amilcingo, a community located at Morelos state in the eastern center of Mexico. His murder took place the day after he publicly announced, once again, his opposition to the Morelos Integral Project (PIM in Spanish) at a federal government […]
Laura Salas
March 11, 2019
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European “terrorist content” proposal is dangerous for human rights globally
This post was updated at 14:40 CET to note result from 6 December 2018 meeting of the Home Affairs Council. There’s a reason why, when courts function properly, they offer more due process than corporations when it comes to making decisions about free expression. Deciding what speech can take place in public forums in democratic […]
WITNESS
December 6, 2018
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Vital Human Rights Evidence in Syria is Disappearing from YouTube
Thousands of videos showing human rights abuses in Syria, as well as the channels that feature these videos, are being removed by YouTube.
WITNESS
August 30, 2017
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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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Announcing WITNESS’ Ethical Guidelines for Using Eyewitness Footage in Human Rights
Deciding if and how to share human rights footage taken by eyewitnesses is rarely simple. A new resource offers guidance on applying ethical principles to this new form of documentation.
WITNESS
October 28, 2015
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What WITNESS Learned in 3 Years Curating Human Rights Videos on YouTube
The policies, practices, and technology that allow human rights videos by citizens to expose abuse are constantly evolving and our strategies must keep up.
WITNESS
July 27, 2015
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Do We Need a Dedicated Repository for Human Rights Media?
A dedicated online video-sharing site or database could show the breadth and scale of human rights violations worldwide, and enable coordinated action.
Sam Gregory
January 30, 2015
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The 2014 Human Rights Citizen Video – Year in Review
Police brutality, forced evictions, political protests and migrant abuse. A look back at 2014's human rights struggles through citizen footage. What videos did we watch, and what impact did they have?
WITNESS
December 10, 2014
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Music Monday – Human Rights Day Edition
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted on 10 December 1948. The date has since served to mark Human Rights Day worldwide. For this Music Monday playlist we curated songs about well-known human rights defenders and about human rights more broadly.
WITNESS
December 8, 2014
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This Week in Human Rights Video: Honduras, Pakistan, Cambodia
Indigenous rights activists in Honduras describe the fear of living among known killers of human rights defenders. Cambodian villagers who brought their protest to the capital make a step forward in a long running land dispute.
WITNESS
September 17, 2014
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Human Rights Videos from Argentina, South Africa, and Gaza
This week on the Human Rights Channel videos from Argentina, South Africa, and Gaza provide evidence of abuse by security forces.
WITNESS
September 10, 2014