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Human Rights Video from Brazil, Ukraine, Israel and Palestine
From the Human Rights Channel this week: a Brazilian activist seeks political asylum; the difficulty of verifying citizen video from the Israel/Palestine conflict; how social media is being used in the investigation of flight MH17’s downing.
WITNESS
July 23, 2014
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Stopping Bulldozers: Fighting Forced Evictions with Video
From citizen journalists in India to audiovisual artists in Colombia, people are using WITNESS resources to strengthen their grassroots work in the fight against forced evictions and to empower more to get involved.
WITNESS
June 20, 2014
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Call for Videos on Police Violence During World Cup Protests
As protestors in Brazil take to the streets during the World Cup, WITNESS has created a collaborative database to track ongoing police violence.
Priscila Néri
June 12, 2014
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Everything Needs to Change, So Everything Can Stay the Same: Challenges to Keeping Online Video Accessible
Keeping a website online and continuously accessible to the public, whether its a human rights archive or a piece of art, is not merely a question of keeping the power switch on. Our senior archivist discusses some ways to prepare for the inevitable challenge of tech obsolescence.
Yvonne Ng
June 5, 2014
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How Video For Change is Being Used in the Middle East and North Africa
Reflections from WITNESS’ Raja Althaibani on the use of media for social change in the Middle East and North Africa following an UnConference at the University of Birmingham, England.
WITNESS
May 28, 2014
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Human Rights Video Weekly: Vietnam, Syria, and Kenya
This week we bring you videos documenting the forced evictions of farmers in Vietnam, an update on a barrel bomb attack in Syria, and documentation of the continued roundup of Somali and other immigrants in Kenya.
WITNESS
May 14, 2014
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The Ethics of Curating Citizen Video
When professionals are not the ones behind the cameras, how can we apply ethical standards to using video documenting human rights abuse? Our Human Rights Channel Curator weighs in on the current debate on the ethics of utilizing citizen media.
WITNESS
May 13, 2014
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Human Rights Video Weekly: Chemical Attack in Syria, Algerian Elections, Saudi Online Activists Arrested
Venezuelan developers respond to verification issues with a camera app while Syria suffers another chemical weapon attack. Next week's elections cause Algerian media suppression, and Saudi online activists threatened with arrest.
WITNESS
April 16, 2014
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Human Rights Video Weekly: Remembering Father Frans, Ukraine Clashes, Ethnic Violence in Myanmar
Dutch priest Father Frans is murdered in Homs, Syria on Monday, dynamics change in the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan, and ethnic violence escalates in Myanmar, affecting international aid workers.
WITNESS
April 8, 2014
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The Human Rights Video Weekly: Reports from Sudan, Syria and China
This week we highlight citizen video documenting bombings in civilian areas in Sudan, accounts of torture in Syria's prisons, and a deadly factory fire in China that killed 16 people.
WITNESS
January 24, 2014
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Verifying Citizen Video: A Case Study from Aleppo – Part 2, Creating a Panoramic Image
In part two of our three-part series, we cover how to create a panoramic image from video stills to reveal signifiers unique to the site and event depicted in the video.
WITNESS
January 8, 2014
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Verifying Citizen Video: A Case Study of Destruction from Aleppo
The first in a three-part series investigates how to identify a citizen video for verification. The case study uses a citizen video example taken in Aleppo, Syria.
WITNESS
January 7, 2014
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2013 in Human Rights Citizen Video
In 2013, the Human Rights Channel curated nearly 2300 videos from 100 countries. Collectively, they reveal not only *what* citizen journalists filmed this year, but *how* that video was seen and used.
WITNESS
December 23, 2013
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New Video Series for How To Conduct Interviews with Survivors of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
A new video series includes first-hand experience from trainees, experts, leading activists and survivors of GBV expanding on considerations for filming, creating appropriate questions, safety & security, interviewing techniques and the effects of trauma on survivors.
Matisse Bustos Hawkes
November 25, 2013
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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