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Video Advocacy Example: ‘Yo Me Declaro’ Campaign for Human Rights Defenders In the human rights world we often talk about HRDs or 'human rights defenders' - but this is more than just an an acronym or a piece of jargon. Human rights defenders of every type play a key role in protecting, promoting and upholding the human rights of all of us. And they're not just the people who work in NGOs like WITNESS or our partners. Sam Gregory July 28, 2011
Ahmad Bayasi’s Story: Citizen Video Authentication in Syria and Beyond When a video was posted online in April showing Syrian protesters being brutally beaten by security forces in the town of Bayda, the Syrian authorities quickly responded on state TV. First they said the footage was fake; they then alleged that the video had been filmed not in Syria but in northern Iraq, and depicted the abuse of prisoners by American marines. WITNESS July 25, 2011
The #Video4Change Community Honors Mohammed Nabbous As many of you are aware, Mohammed Nabbous, or Mo, as he was known to many of those following his video stream and commentary on social media about events in Libya, was killed by sniper fire in Benghazi on Saturday, March 19th. If you're not yet familiar with Mohammed's work, I encourage you to read these remembrances of him on Global Voices Online and The Washington Post's BlogPost. Matisse Bustos Hawkes March 25, 2011
Human Rights Video, Privacy and Visual Anonymity in the Facebook Age The successful nationwide organizing and subsequent protests in Egypt to oust the 30-year regime of President Hosni Mubarak have in part been facilitated by Facebook. But as media and technology commentators and human rights activists alike are noting, using Facebook for activism is fraught with risks. Sam Gregory February 16, 2011
Reflecting in the moment on Egypt and ‘video for change’ From the moment WITNESS was founded our vision has been to tap into the power of the video camera in the hands of everyone who wants to expose injustice and create positive change, from human rights defenders to committed citizens. Sam Gregory January 30, 2011
Cameras Everywhere: Our New Leadership Initiative Here at WITNESS we're in the midst of exciting development on all our new programmatic initiatives. One of these is our 'Cameras Everywhere' Leadership initiative, which we'd like to introduce in this blog. Sam Gregory January 19, 2011
Video Dispatch from All Out, a New Global LGBT Campaign At no other time have global LGBT issues been making headline news so frequently—from the continuing controversy over the proposed “Anti-Gay” bill in Uganda, to the marriage equality law recently passed in Argentina, to the historic repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell in the United States. The struggle for LGBT equality is the civil rights movement of our time—a movement that is increasingly global. WITNESS January 6, 2011
New Information on Khaled El-Masri A recently discussed cable released by WikiLeaks shows that American officials exerted pressure on Germany not to enforce arrest warrants against C.I.A. officers involved in the 2003 kidnapping of Khaled El-Masri. WITNESS December 10, 2010
Joshua Cooper on the Universal Periodic Review of the U.S. Recently, we brought you a report on the first comprehensive review of the U.S. human rights record on an international stage and shared how video was incorporated, for the first time, as part of the Universal Periodic Review process. WITNESS November 22, 2010
The Ethical Engagements of Human Rights Social Media The explosion of digital media on human rights pushes us all to rethink how documentary film ethics apply in a more networked, social media-driven era. Sam Gregory November 22, 2010
Karaoke Human Rights Videos from Cambodia Face Censorship As you belt out 'Living on a Prayer' on a Saturday night have you ever thought how karaoke could be used for human rights? Sam Gregory November 12, 2010
It Gets Better: Collective and Individual Voice in Video Advocacy Recently a number of public figures in the USA have added their voices to the "It Gets Better" campaign, which aims to share hopeful messages with gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth who may be wondering if life will always be bad. Sam Gregory November 8, 2010
Must Watch: Activist Video Showcase at DIY Video 24/7, 2010 Two years ago I had the pleasure of participating in 24/7: a DIY Video Summit, a jamboree of DIY and DIWO (doing-it-with-others) video creators and thinkers at the University of Southern California, where I shared some ideas from WITNESS about human rights video in this environment. Sam Gregory November 2, 2010
Learning From Innovations In The ‘Highrise’ Project: 360 Degree Filming and More Last week, the National Film Board of Canada launched 'Out My Window' an interactive exploration of highrise living around the world including 360° (degree) filming and immersive tapestries of audio stories and photographs from Havana to Toronto, Phnom Penh to Istanbul. It is part of a larger exploratory film project called "Highrise." Sam Gregory October 25, 2010
When Can An Advocacy Video Blow-Up Children? My colleague Chris' post on successful advocacy videos and the failures highlights the recent 10:10 UK campaign video, which ("spoiler alert") begins with a scene in which children are blown up when they don't commit to take measures to reduce their carbon footprint. Sam Gregory October 20, 2010