By Yvette Alberdingk Thijm, executive director of WITNESS.

A changing world needs a changed vision: supporting the millions who can transform the human rights landscape with video.

The year 2012 was a big year for WITNESS. Who knew that the year of our 20^th anniversary would be such...

This post was written by Matisse Bustos Hawkes, Communications Manager at WITNESS

Since international media have been barred from entering Syria since mid 2011, news reports have relied heavily on activists in country who daily risk their own safety to film and share video and speak with reporters. Activists in...

Last week's ouster of protesters at New York's Zuccotti Park, and incidents throughout the day of action for the Occupy Wall Street movement on Thursday November 17th show, perhaps more than ever, that it is important for activists wielding cameras to know how to record footage safely, effectively and with...

This post was written by Sam Gregory, Program Director of WITNESS

The visual symbols from the momentous change taking place across the Middle East and North Africa etched in our collective consciousness may very well be images of protestors who waved cell phones, recording events as they unfolded,...

This post was written by Yvette Alberdingk-Thijm, executive director of WITNESS.

If there are no cameras, the police can make us disappear. They [the government] are scared of cameras. - Egyptian cab driver interviewed by blogger Hossam el-Hamalawy, October 2010

Over the past few weeks,...

This post was written by WITNESS executive director Yvette Alberdingk Thijm.

Soriya's Story

Every year, December 10th marks Human Rights Day. In honor of this day I'd like to share a couple of stories with you. Last winter, I spent a week in Cambodia with our partner organization...

This post was written by WITNESS executive director Yvette Alberdingk Thijm.

On November 25, 1960, three sisters in the Dominican Republic were brutally assassinated on orders of the Dominican dictator Rafael Trujilo. Patria, Minerva, and Maria Teresa Mirabal were courageous human rights activists who spoke out...

This post was written by WITNESS executive director Yvette Alberdingk Thijm.

Two weeks ago, I participated in a panel organized by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's Office of Global Women's Issues called "Mobile Technologies as an Effective Tool for Women's Empowerment and Global Development."...