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YouTube Launches Human Rights Channel

Posted 05.25.2012

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Gone are the days when YouTube simply served as a portal for viral videos that are entertaining and cute -- but not much more. After effectively of...

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Rare Series Follows Combat Photojournalists

Posted 04.29.2012

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HBO is getting "Witness," a new documentary series that follows young combat photojournalists as they document conflicts in Mexico, Libya, Uganda and ...

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Syrians Face Huge Risks While Documenting Human Rights Abuse and Testimonies (VIDEO)

Witness | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Online Safety, video4change, Witness, Video, Human Rights, Syria Videos, Syria Violence, Syria, World News
Witness

This post was written by Matisse Bustos Hawkes, Communications Manager at WITNESS Since international media have been barred from entering Syria sinc...

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Technology Companies: The New Human Rights Players

Yvette Alberdingk Thijm | Posted 02.09.2012

Read More: Social Media, Witness, Human Rights, Twitter, Youtube, Citizen Journalism, Razan Ghazzawi, Facebook, Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), Scaf, Egypt, Citizen Activists, Syria, Impact News
Yvette Alberdingk Thijm

When technology companies work together with NGOs to incorporate the best interests of their users into policies, we can keep the platforms and tools essential to the millions of citizen activists from serving the wrong side of justice.

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Filming Safely and Effectively at Occupy Wall Street and Beyond

Witness | Posted 01.22.2012

Read More: Witness, Occupy Wall Street Movement, Video, Occupy Wall Street Protest, Occupy Wall Street, Police Brutality, Best Practices, How To, #Occupywallstreet, New York City, #Ows, Impact News
Witness

We've been training activists to use video to document human rights abuse for nearly 20 years. We'd like to share our tips for filming safely and distributing footage with an eye to the events of the Occupy Wall Street movement.

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Human Rights Video Now: Opportunities and Challenges

Witness | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: Online Privacy, Video, Witness, Human Rights, Arab Spring, Internet Privacy, Policy Recommendations, Impact News
Witness

Nearly 20 years ago, our co-founder Peter Gabriel wondered what change would be possible if people who had survived human rights abuses had access to a video camera. Now that dream is being realized.

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Witness Killed In Florida Gang Trial

AP | KELLI KENNEDY | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Murder, Witness, Trial, Witness Killed, Homicide, Witness Killing, Futo Charles, Sequestered, Gang Violence, Florida Crime, Gang, Florida, Top 6, Crime News

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The day Eguel Geffrard was supposed to testify in the trial of the man accused of leading one of South Florida's most vi...

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David Lohr

Casey Anthony's Lawyers Raise Incest Issues, Question FBI Witness About Paternity Tests

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 08.16.2011

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Casey Anthony's defense team came out swinging this afternoon, when lawyers asked a DNA expert if law enforcement had ordered a paternity test to dete...

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David Lohr

FBI Witness: No Blood Found in Casey Anthony's Trunk

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 08.16.2011

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Casey Anthony’s defense team presented testimony this morning from the FBI’s forensic DNA expert who had examined evidence in the case. The testim...

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Interview: Actress Kelly McGillis in Stake Land

Marshall Fine | Posted 06.20.2011

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Marshall Fine

When first seen in Jim Mickle's rough-edged vampire movie, Stake Land, opening in limited release Friday (4/22/11), Kelly McGillis is in a badly torn ...

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How WITNESS Is Making Video Safer for Activists to Use (Video)

Witness | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, Peter Gabriel, Iran, Video, Witness, Human Rights, Tunisia, Current Events, Police Brutality, Cameras, Mobile Video, #video4change, Impact News
Witness

It is our job now more than ever to equip these citizens with knowledge and tools and to realize the full potential of video as a powerful, safe, and effective human rights tool.

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Celebrate the Right to Be Human (VIDEO)

Witness | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: #HRD2010, Elder Justice Act, Elder Abuse, Witness, Human Rights, Cambodia, Forced Evictions, Human Rights Day, Kenya, Impact News
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Every year, December 10th marks Human Rights Day. In honor of this day I'd like to share a couple of stories with you.

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What Video Can Do to End Violence Against Women

Witness | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: India, Witness, Women's Rights, Video, Human Rights, Violence Against Women, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Elections, Domestic Violence, Impact News
Witness

At WITNESS, we use the power of video and storytelling to open the eyes of the world to human rights abuses. And so, in honor of women's rights, I urge you take a few minutes to watch Mary's story.

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CGI 2010: An Interview with the Executive Director of WITNESS on Video Advocacy, Justice, and Human Rights

Rahim Kanani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Witness, Education, Violence Against Women, Human Rights, Kenya, CGI 2010, Africa, Ngos, Clinton Global Initiative, Technology, Gender, Impact News
Rahim Kanani

Now we will be training 50 organizations, putting video cameras in their hands and training them how to use them. And then train them how to strategically and tactically use those videos to create lasting change and obtain justice.

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Another Green (Justice) Revolution

Bharati Chaturvedi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, Zabaleen, Environmental Justice, Delhi, Wastepickers, Witness, Trash, India, Film, Garbage, Chintan, Green News
Bharati Chaturvedi

Waste pickers are the backbone of recycling in developing countries, but they're finding themselves left out in the cold as cities strive to become "world class" and hand waste collection over to private companies.

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My 'Daniel Fast'

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Wallis

I believe our nation is in deep trouble. Sometimes things get so bad that you really don't know what to say or do. When that happens, it's a good time to fast and pray.

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My Father The Miracle Worker

Philip Smith | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Growing Up, Miracles, Witness, Relationships, Miracle, Mysteries, Fatherhood, Parenting, Childhood, The Inner Life, Spirituality, Haiti Earthquake, Parents-Dads, Healthy Living News
Philip Smith

One day back in the 60s, my father, a high-society interior decorator with clients like the Presidents of Cuba and Haiti, suddenly discovered that he could talk to the dead and heal the sick.

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The Witness to Guantanamo Project: In-Depth Filmed Interviews of Former Guantanamo Detainees

Peter Jan Honigsberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Guantanamo, Witness, Doctors, Uyghurs, Human Rights, Cia, Interview, Rule of Law, Guantanamo Detainees, World News
Peter Jan Honigsberg

We hope to film hundreds of interviews of former Guantanamo detainees. We are determined to document the systematic human rights abuses and rule of law violations at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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Coming Out of the Closet: My Climate Trauma (and Yours?)

Gillian Caldwell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Witness, Mental Health, TED Conference, Climate Change, Psychology, Al Gore, Global Warming, 1sky, Psychiatry, Green News
Gillian Caldwell

As I started to immerse myself in the science and early impacts of global warming, I became increasingly distraught.

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Talking With The F.B.I.'s Undercover Source In Alaska's VECO Corruption Case

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Prewitt: "It's going to be a tight race, but Stevens could still win this thing. Stevens has been around so long, and we do have a very partisan situation up here in Alaska."

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Exclusive Interview: Frank Prewitt, Author Of Last Bridge To Nowhere

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Prewitt: The book is my experience working as the confidential source who spent nearly four years helping the F.B.I. pry the lid open on the sordid world of political corruption in Alaska and Washington.

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WITNESS

Rebecca Lichtenfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Witness, Charity Organizations, Charity, Drc, Africa, Congo, Health Care, Politics News
Rebecca Lichtenfeld

Some believe that HIV/AIDS statistics are much higher and possibly at pandemic levels in eastern DRC, due to the ongoing conflict between the army and the rebels.

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Media Ownership for All: Citizen Journalism Grows Up

Vivian Norris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 2.0, LA Times, Amnesty, Internet News, Stringers, Propaganda, Associated Press, Cbs, UN Alliance of Civilizations, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Cnn, Human Rights, Media Control, News, Jonathan Tepper, Turi Munthe, Independent Media, Witness, Mainstream Media, Demotix, Citizen Journalism, Telegraph, Nbc, Media News
Vivian Norris

Independent photojournalists, NGO workers and citizens are part of this important movement to take back the news from those who focus on profits.

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