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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
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
Will the Syrian Hero Boy Make Us Question Everything We See? (and why don’t we do that already?) A video described as showing Syrian kids attacked by snipers was revealed to be the work of filmmakers and actors in Malta. It’s only the latest example of online video shared with misleading context. WITNESS November 20, 2014
Video as Evidence: Adding Detailed Information to Your Video Adding information about who, what, when, where to your video makes it easier to verify the content, therefore giving it a better chance to secure justice for human rights abuse. WITNESS November 19, 2014
Metadata Month — October 2014 Tech News Digest The contextual information that’s embedded in all of your media holds great promise for making good citizen reporting easier to find, verify and put to use. Morgan Hargrave November 3, 2014
What is Video Metadata? Our New Video Explains A new video from WITNESS explains the basics -- how video metadata is created, why it’s valuable, and what risks and benefits activists might need to balance. Yvonne Ng October 27, 2014
Tips for Citizens Documenting Hong Kong’s Protests WITNESS shares tips for citizens about how to more safely and effectively use video to document Hong Kong's protests. Jackie Zammuto October 2, 2014
The Power of Citizen Witnesses – and How WITNESS is Strengthening Their Impact From creation, sharing, management of your video, to preservation and usage, and with an eye to the ethical questions, WITNESS is thinking holistically about how best to support the millions of citizen witnesses to human rights abuse. Sam Gregory September 23, 2014
Images of Horror: Whose Roles and What Responsibilities? Recent examples of graphic images circulating online point to critical questions for commercial social media platforms, news outlets and citizens. Sam Gregory September 18, 2014
Metadata is Powerful, and the NSA Knows It We believe in the positive power of metadata, but citizens won't use it until they are in control of their own content. Morgan Hargrave September 15, 2014
Preserving Videos from Ferguson for Justice and Accountability Basic tips that activists can take towards properly preserving the authenticity and context of human rights videos, strengthening the likelihood that the videos could someday be used as evidence in the fight for justice and accountability. Jackie Zammuto September 5, 2014
Ensuring That More Videos Mean More Rights WITNESS Executive Director Yvette Alberdingk-Thijm reflects on current events and the importance of video as a tool to document human rights abuses and advocate for justice. Yvette Alberdingk Thijm August 29, 2014
The Best (Potential) SXSW Sessions for 2015 We can use your help to vote two WITNESS suggested SXSW sessions into to the final round for 2015. We also share other worthy sessions to vote on. Morgan Hargrave August 14, 2014
WITNESS Resources For Filming Human Rights Situations in Gaza and Israel These resources, available in English and Arabic, aim to help citizen witnesses capture and share footage of human rights abuses and preserve their footage for use at a later date. WITNESS August 13, 2014
What We’re Reading: July 11 Edition This week we feature commentary on another side of the war in Syria, President Obama’s call for additional funds to curtail the flow of children from Latin America attempting to enter the US, and articles about video verification, safety for journalists and predicting the impact of advocacy media on social change. WITNESS July 11, 2014