- Activists’ Videos Capture Violence Erupting on Streets of Egypt The streets of Cairo reverberate to the sound of tens of thousands of voices chanting in unison “the people demand the toppling of the Field Marshal!” Demonstrators reoccupy Tahrir Square and organize a peaceful protest to express their dissatisfaction towards the Egyptian military.
- What really happened in the Burma internet “shut off”? [via John Palfrey] Next Monday, December 10, is International Human Rights Day, and it seems a good moment do our bit to make sure we don’t forget Burma. COHRE (the Center on Housing Rights and Evictions) has posted two reports – one on Displacement and Dispossession: Forced Displacement and Land Rights in Burma (pdf) and the other naming […]
- Zimbabwe: Smuggled DVD brings union protest beatings to light [via GV/WITNESS] [Originally published here as part of WITNESS‘s collaboration with Global Voices Online] This video reached me late last night via Ethan Zuckerman. At nearly ten minutes, it’s longer than the other videos we’ve put up, but I strongly recommend you watch it. It includes footage of the Zimbabwean police and security intelligence services breaking up […]
- China: Government's video-censorship foiled [via GV/WITNESS] [Originally published here as part of WITNESS‘s collaboration with Global Voices Online] When a young teacher is found dead outside her apartment building in Ruian, the police report concludes suicide, but her family and students suspect a cover-up. Over a thousand people take to the streets in protest, and are met with police violence. Protestors […]
