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New Mobile App ‘CameraV’ Helps Documenters Create Verifiable Media
New Android app CameraV helps verify and store contextual information about pieces of citizen media to improve their ability to be used for documentation.
Morgan Hargrave
December 22, 2015
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Ethical Wednesdays: Archives and Our Ethical Guidelines for Using Eyewitness Videos
As archives start to collect, provide access to, and present social media collections, many ethical issues arise that need to be addressed.
Yvonne Ng
November 18, 2015
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Making Secondary Trauma a Primary Issue
Eyewitness Media Hub, is conducting a cross-industry study into the impact of vicarious trauma on journalists, human rights investigators and humanitarian aid workers who frequently search for eyewitness media in their work.
WITNESS
August 24, 2015
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Filming Police Abuse:
A compilation of training resources and guidance to support anyone filming interactions with police or incidents of police abuse in the U.S.
Jackie Zammuto
August 5, 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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Bystander Videos of Police Misconduct in the U.S.
Oscar Grant. Michael Brown. Eric Garner. Walter Scott. The names of unarmed black men killed by police across the United States have etched their way into the public memory, becoming symbols of unjust policing. As bystander footage documenting those killings and other cases of police abuse flood Twitter and replay on cable news, it’s hard […]
WITNESS
July 10, 2015
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Does Filming Police Violence Make a Difference? A Survey of Recent Cases
From Los Angeles to Rio de Janeiro, the West Bank, and Kingston, violent interactions between security forces and civilians are caught on camera. But many factors are at play when it comes to if, when, and how this footage is used in efforts for justice and accountability.
WITNESS
March 6, 2015
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This Week on The Human Rights Channel – Myanmar, Peru and Ukraine
In Myanmar, the attack on a Red Cross convoy transporting civilians away from fighting is captured on camera. In Ukraine the massive amount of video taken by protesters and reporters during the Euromaidan protests of late 2013 to early last year provides evidence of crimes against humanity. And in Peru, an oil company halts some of its operations after the death of a student protester, as indigenous groups continue to demand compensation for use of their land.
WITNESS
February 25, 2015
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This Week on the Human Rights Channel – Cuba, Fiji, West Papua and South Africa
This week citizen video captures testimonials following the arrest of 69 pro-democracy protesters in Cuba. We also check-in on videos previously featured from Fiji and South Africa and look at video advocacy storytelling project in West Papua.
WITNESS
February 18, 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).
WITNESS
February 5, 2015
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This Week on The Human Rights Channel – Afghanistan, Bahrain and Venezuela
This week we look at protests videos from Afghanistan, Bahrain and Venezuela covering issues ranging from female representation to government accountability. We also feature eyewitness testimony from the Ukraine, as bombing victims recount their experiences.
WITNESS
February 4, 2015
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This Week On The Human Rights Channel – Egypt, Ukraine, Israel and Yemen
This week citizen footage takes us to protests in the streets of Cairo and Sanaa. We also look at video condemning the state of Israel for failing to protect Thai agricultural workers from exploitation.
WITNESS
January 28, 2015
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Cuban Activism Amid Changing International Relations
While restrictions on Cuban media make it difficult to know what the average Cuban thinks of the current policy changes underway, a growing network of independent bloggers, news outlets, and activists are documenting developments and filming stories and opinions that the state-controlled media ignores.
WITNESS
January 21, 2015
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This Week on The Human Rights Channel: Haiti, Saudi Arabia and Sudan
Saudi Arabia takes punitive measures against a blogger charged with insulting Islam, citizen journalists in the Nuba Mountains report that December was the most violent month in the war in South Kordofan, and the anniversary of Haiti’s devastating quake is marked with a protest against political gridlock.
WITNESS
January 15, 2015
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ما يجب علينا ان نتعلم من مقاطع الأفلام المفربكة و الملفقة: فيديو الطفل السوري “البطل” كمثال
A look at the reaction to "Syrian Hero Boy" viral video from activists in Syria. This post is in Arabic.
Raja Althaibani
December 14, 2014