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Human Rights Video Weekly: Colombia, Egypt, and Syria
This week we bring you video from five continents on issues ranging from police brutality to refugee issues and economic rights.
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March 25, 2014
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Human Rights Video Weekly: Food aid reaches Syria, Forced evictions in Myanmar
As Syrian peace talks gets underway this week, footage from Syrian media activists and aid organizations assisting the evacuation of residents from Homs and the Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus document the challenges and progress of efforts to reach communities under siege.
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February 13, 2014
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Human Rights Video Weekly: Spotlight on the Sochi Olympics
This week we're focused on Russia, where the Olympics have drawn attention to issues of forced evictions, homophobic violence, and other human rights struggles throughout the country.
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February 5, 2014
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Human Rights Video Weekly: A Plea for Food Aid in Syria, Violent Protests in Ukraine and Thailand
Videos from the ground lend urgency to the Syrian peace talks. Leaked footage from Ukraine reveals abuse of detained activists, and protests turn violent in Thailand and Cambodia.
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January 29, 2014
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The Human Rights Video Weekly: Reports from Sudan, Syria and China
This week we highlight citizen video documenting bombings in civilian areas in Sudan, accounts of torture in Syria's prisons, and a deadly factory fire in China that killed 16 people.
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January 24, 2014
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Voices from Syrian Prisons
A new initiative turns the experiences, fears, and dreams of Syrian prisoners into audio and video clips narrated in first person and uploaded to be shared with the world.
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January 17, 2014
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The Human Rights Video Weekly: Citizens Documenting in Cambodia, Vietnam and Palestine
This week, our eyes are on civil movements in Southeast Asia and citizen video from Palestine prompting demand for an investigation.
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January 14, 2014
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Verifying Citizen Video: A Case Study from Aleppo – Part 3, Geo-Locating a Video
In the final part of three-part series, we discuss how to use tools like Google Maps to corroborate location in videos through geo-location mapping, verifying critical facts of time and place.
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January 9, 2014
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Verifying Citizen Video: A Case Study from Aleppo – Part 2, Creating a Panoramic Image
In part two of our three-part series, we cover how to create a panoramic image from video stills to reveal signifiers unique to the site and event depicted in the video.
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January 8, 2014
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Verifying Citizen Video: A Case Study of Destruction from Aleppo
The first in a three-part series investigates how to identify a citizen video for verification. The case study uses a citizen video example taken in Aleppo, Syria.
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January 7, 2014
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The Human Rights Video Weekly: Activist Kidnapped in Syria, Live Streaming Indigenous Community’s Standoff with Police in Brazil
Our last weekly update from the Human Rights Channel for 2013 features citizen video from Syria, Brazil, and Ukraine.
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December 16, 2013
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Citizens Evacuate from One of Syria’s Most Targeted Towns
In a region wrought with conflict, it is hard to believe any one place could be called the “city of death,” but the Damascus suburb of Moadamiyeh has become just that.
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November 22, 2013
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The Human Rights Video Weekly: Ethnic Tension in Russia
A death stokes xenophobic violence in Moscow, while in Damascus, community reporters document a humanitarian crisis escalating around them.
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October 14, 2013
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The Human Rights Video Weekly: Bansky’s Take on Citizen Video from Syria
And families of arrested protesters in Sudan stage a silent protest aimed at the director of national security there demanding the release of those detained.
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October 8, 2013
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This Week in Human Rights Video: Despite Internet Shutdown, Citizen Video Emerges from Sudan
Citizen video on the Human Rights Channel this week include a focus on Sudan's protests, continued demonstrations in Cambodia following elections in July and footage of an attack on a school in Syria.
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October 1, 2013