- Protest. Resist. Exist. #RightToRecord, A Sacred Covenant to Protect. For an optimal reading experience via your mobile phone, rotate your screen horizontally, to landscape mode. This blog post marks the official launch of WITNESS’s global campaign ‘Right to Record: Protest. Resist. Exist’. Read in Arabic, Portuguese and Spanish. Watch our recently concluded live huddle with members of our partner network, V4C, and WITNESS staff […]
- World Refugee Day 2019 June 20th marks World Refugee Day. But the work of protecting the rights of refugees happens every day of the year. At WITNESS, we help refugees document their stories—specifically human rights violations, through creating and archiving important media that can be used to bring awareness to their experiences and help advocate for change. Here are […]
- Yemeni Blogger Reflects on Experience at Video for Change Workshop Rooj Alwazir, a participant at WITNESS' recent video for change convening in Istanbul, shares experiences from the gathering of 20 filmmakers, educators and human rights defenders.
- Syrian and Venezuelan Activists Exchange Field Notes Activists filming on the ground in Venezuela and Syria share experiences and exchange field notes on how to use video as effective documentation.
- Join WITNESS at the World Urban Forum & the People’s Alternative Urban Social Forum WITNESS is headed to Medellín, Colombia to participate in screenings, round table debates and video advocacy training sessions this April 5-11.
- WITNESS Remembers Nelson Mandela’s Legacy on Human Rights Day A video message from our executive director Yvette Alberdingk Thijm on Human Rights Day 2013
- How a Small Brazilian Community Fought Big Powers and Won After 20 years resisting eviction from their homes-- even as the threat level reached Olympic heights this year-- the Rio community of Vila Autodromo wins a concession from the Mayor. Eviction is off the table. Viva a Vila!
- InformaCam Rises to the Knight News Challenge The same information that journalists and judges use to verify a human rights video is what repressive regimes use to identify and target activists. How can video activists stay credible and safe? ...with InformaCam.
- Using a Film to Nail a Dictator Efrain Ríos Montt is going to trial. The brutal Guatemalan dictator is the first head of state to be prosecuted for genocide in genuine proceedings in his own country. And my video evidence helped send him there. By Guest Blogger Pamela Yates
- Is This For Real? How InformaCam Improves Verification of Mobile Media Files There is currently a deluge of media coming from the world’s mobile devices for potential use as evidence or trusted sources for journalists. WITNESS and the Guardian Project are working to provide a mechanism, InformaCam, to verify and authenticate this footage.
- What Do You Want to Learn from Video Activists in the Middle East and North Africa? For most of us, the epicenter of video for change work that we’ve seen throughout 2011 has been in the Middle East and North African region (MENA). The Arab Spring has illuminated the reality of what “Cameras Everywhere” looks like, and what the power of instant video capturing and sharing can yield to inform and mobilize for truly incredible social change.
- Calling Volunteers to Translate How-To Videos for Activists We have been watching events unfold in Egypt through hundreds of videos and photos of people standing-up for freedom and caring for the injured to violent battles and a police van rushing through crowds of citizens, hitting and sending some of them feet in the air. If there ever was a doubt about the power of video to document and shine a spotlight on abuses, I think we can agree that doubt has been shattered.
- Update on The Hub and WITNESS’ New Online Strategy For those of you who participated in WITNESS' Hub project (thank you!) and for all of you in the "Video for Change" community interested in online human rights video, I am writing this post to explain what's happening with the Hub and WITNESS' new online strategy.
- WITNESS training materials and videos in Burmese Over the past few years, literally hundreds of thousands have been moved to action by the videos created by our former partners at Burma Issues. Both the trailer and full version of just one video, Shoot on Sight, have been seen 1 million times on YouTube and the Hub alone - not to mention the dozens of times it has been screened before decision-makers and supporters.
- Producer Ben Nabors Talks To WITNESS About the Film “Moving Windmills” Back on May 7th, WITNESS' Christine Umali blogged about attending the Good Pitch at the Tribeca Film Festival. There, she got a front row seat to a very distinct, social justice oriented version of commercial pitching by filmmakers.
