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human rights video
  • 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
  • 20 Years of Witnessing It is hard to believe it has been 20 years since WITNESS was born in the aftermath of the Rodney King incident. Since then, WITNESS made it its mission to enable people to use video as a powerful tool in human rights advocacy and we are proud to have trained over 3,000 human rights activists and collaborated with over 300 groups in more than 80 countries. Yvette Alberdingk Thijm June 1, 2012
  • Whose Media Is It?: How Police Requests for Unreleased Footage Blur the Line Between News and Evidence A near 6-month battle between British news broadcasters and the police has recently concluded: last December’s court decision that ordered television companies including BBC, ITN, and Sky News to surrender to police hours of unaired footage from the violent October 19th Dale Farm eviction, was thrown out. Journalists are now hailing the decision as a landmark victory in the fight for news neutrality and confidentiality. WITNESS May 31, 2012
  • Videos Critique (Un)Democratic Election and Educate Voters in Yemen Earlier this month, I spent some time in Yemen's capital, Sana'a. Last year I spent four months covering the pro-democracy movement that has forced the three decade old despot, Ali Abdullah Saleh, to hand over power to his deputy and current vice president, Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. Raja Althaibani February 27, 2012
  • Amy Robbins: Join Me In Supporting WITNESS For the Next 20 Years As WITNESS celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, I wanted to write a brief note to describe why I support this outstanding, and vital organization. I know many of you reading this share my view because you, too, strongly support WITNESS’s efforts. WITNESS January 31, 2012
  • Archiving Human Rights on the Web The web has given human rights organizations unprecedented access to global audiences. However a website will last only as long as funds are available for maintenance and hosting. WITNESS January 27, 2012
  • Should I Be Imprisoned To Protect Me From My Rapist? While at the convening of the U.S. Human Rights Network last December I did a pre-release screening of a new documentary co-produced by ECPAT-USA and WITNESS. The video, What I Have Been Through is Not Who I Am, tells the story of Katrina, a formerly sexually exploited teen who was arrested, when she should have been protected. WITNESS January 13, 2012
  • New Year Brings Broken Promises in Cambodia WITNESS partner LICADHO has been documenting with video forced evictions and land grabbing throughout Cambodia. LICADHO is also a part of WITNESS' global campaign on forced evictions. WITNESS January 12, 2012
  • #Video4Change Weekly Digest: August 26, 2011 The weekly digest has been on an unintentional hiatus... I have been helping out on some exciting projects here including our forthcoming Video Advocacy Online Toolkit and planning some outreach for our soon-to-be published report on current challenges and opportunities for human rights video. Matisse Bustos Hawkes August 26, 2011
  • Video Advocacy Training for Youth Activists in Egypt After the recent revolution, the country now finds itself in a transitional period that is accompanied by a new set of challenges. The transitional government, led by military leadership, is still struggling to set up a concrete plan for real democracy, human rights and the well-being of all citizens. With the elections scheduled for later this year, Egyptians believe that they have a long journey ahead. WITNESS August 22, 2011
  • Forced Evictions Training in Rio: Social Activism as Samba Whether it was talking social movement strategy and video action plans or singing samba underneath the stars, an overwhelming energy of solidarity and brotherly and sisterly love pulsed through WITNESS’ video advocacy training in Rio. WITNESS August 10, 2011
  • In the News: Authenticating Video Footage as Evidence in Sri Lanka Over the past two years, mobile phone footage of alleged human rights violations in Sri Lanka has been at the center of a conversation regarding the evidentiary value of amateur video. WITNESS August 4, 2011
  • The Secure Smart Camera App for Human Rights Video Earlier this year we announced our “Cameras Everywhere” initiative which hopes to address some of the changes happening around human rights video online and on mobile phones. The tools for creating and distributing video are becoming more wide spread and more accessible. WITNESS March 9, 2011
  • The Rodney King Video: 20 Years Later Exactly 20 years have passed since the beating of Rodney King by the LAPD was captured by George Holliday, a bystander, on a hand-held video camera. Millions around the world saw the footage. This incident was the impetus for the creation of WITNESS. WITNESS March 3, 2011

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