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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. WITNESS March 25, 2014
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. WITNESS February 13, 2014
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. WITNESS February 5, 2014
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. WITNESS January 29, 2014
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. WITNESS January 24, 2014
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. WITNESS January 17, 2014
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. WITNESS January 14, 2014
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. WITNESS January 9, 2014
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. WITNESS January 8, 2014
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. WITNESS January 7, 2014
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. WITNESS December 16, 2013
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. WITNESS November 22, 2013
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. WITNESS October 14, 2013
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. WITNESS October 8, 2013
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. WITNESS October 1, 2013