18 Jul Boing Boing Highlights WITNESS’ Archive Guide
Press | WITNESSVideo activists need to safeguard their material for future justice and accountability procedures that could take years if not decades to come to fruition.
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16 Jul Exposing Gender-Based Violence in Zimbabwe
Success Stories | WITNESSSenior Program Manager Bukeni Waruzi first met Zimbabwean human rights defender Kuda Chitsike at a WITNESS video advocacy training in South Africa in 2008. As a lawyer with The Research and Advocacy Unit (RAU), an independent institute in Zimbabwe, Kuda was eager to learn how
12 Jun WITNESS Meets with Lawyers, Video Activists and Human Rights Defenders in Brazil
News and Events | WITNESSWITNESS launches an intensive program to support Brazilians in their efforts to end police violence and strengthen the call for accountability and justice.
12 Jun BBC covers WITNESS Strategy to Document Police Brutality in Brazil
Press | WITNESSWITNESS launches an online system for documenting police violence in Brazil. The BBC covers it.
22 May Protecting Anonymity on the Human Rights Channel
Success Stories | WITNESS“Say hi to your mom. You will be an Internet celebrity.” With these words, a pack of Neo-Nazis publicly taunted and tortured a Russian teenager—outing him to the entire world in a country where it is illegal to be gay. The perpetrators intended to share
22 May A Warlord Behind Bars
Success Stories | WITNESSIn the long running civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), children as young as eight years old were used as soldiers. Congolese activist Bukeni Waruzi filmed the children’s stories, and with WITNESS’ support produced two videos. These videos were part of a 14-year struggle
25 Apr Join Team WITNESS for a Happy Hour
News and Events | WITNESSJoin us to celebrate the cyclists who are riding around New York City to raise money for WITNESS.
04 Apr Five Easy Pieces for March 2014
News and Events | WITNESSHere are a few of the important stories we’re following and ideas we’re pursuing on the WITNESS Blog.
03 Apr Women Filmmakers’ Approaches to Independent, Advocacy, and Activist Films
News and Events | WITNESSJoin us in person at Rutgers or online for a panel discussion on Women Filmmakers’ Approaches to Independent, Advocacy, and Activist Films.
28 Mar Human Rights Channel Announces 20 Citizen Journalists to Follow
News and Events | WITNESSFor Human Rights Day, WITNESS’ Human Rights Channel recommends these 20 citizen journalists from around the world to follow.