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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
  • Music Monday – Focus for Change Benefit Performers For a decade WITNESS has brought together Focus for Change benefit performers, human rights activists and community to celebrate video activism. WITNESS September 22, 2014
  • The Power of a Witness According to Robin Williams As we join the many people worldwide who were saddened to hear of the death of Robin Williams, we celebrate his commitment to making the world a better place. Yvette Alberdingk Thijm August 12, 2014
  • Media Advisory: Peter Gabriel and Isha Sesay Host 2013 Focus For Change Benefit for WITNESS WITNESS' annual benefit takes place Thursday December 5, 2013. Interested members of the press need to RSVP to cover the event. Details in the advisory. Matisse Bustos Hawkes November 10, 2013
  • Emmanuel Jal Calls for Peace, Equality and Freedom For All Citizens Emmanuel Jal is inaugurating this series. He recently performed at WITNESS’ 20th Anniversary Gala, moving people to dance and to take action. And he’s doing so once again with “We Want Peace,” his newest hit. WITNESS November 17, 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
  • Choosing Timing, Outreach and Platforms for Successful Online Fundraising Thanks to incredible response from our supporters, WITNESS' spring fundraising challenge has reached and exceeded our goal! To date, Project: FOCUS has raised $73,948 (that's 106% of the $70,000 goal) and checks are still coming in. Miyoko Brunner June 16, 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
  • Peter Gabriel Contributes to The Voice Project In the spirit of his latest tour, Scratch My Back (on which WITNESS was invited to join the North American leg), our co-founder Peter Gabriel has just released another cover: "In My Neighborhood" by Tom Waits. Rebecca Lichtenfeld June 22, 2010
  • On the Road with Peter Gabriel’s “Scratch My Back” Tour Our colleague Becky, who coordinates our Creative Advocacy work (that basically means getting creative types like musicians, actors, directors, artists involved with our human rights campaigns), was on the road earlier this month with our founder Peter Gabriel during his North American "Scratch My Back" tour. Matisse Bustos Hawkes May 10, 2010
  • A brief chat with The Elders for International Human Rights Day… If you haven’t come across The Elders already, you will soon – not least because we are partnering with them on their Every Human Has Rights campaign. On Sunday morning I sat in on a conference call with three of The Elders – Graça Machel, Mary Robinson and Archbishop Desmond Tutu – and 5 bloggers […] Sameer Padania December 10, 2007