26 Jul Watching Western Sahara: Six Months of Eyewitness Videos
Update | Madeleine BairA look at human rights in Western Sahara through six months of footage from the ground.
Author: Madeleine Bair
20 Jul Tools & Strategies to Verify Online Videos from Western Sahara
Update | Madeleine BairWhen online videos do not contain enough information to corroborate where and when they were recorded and or help viewers understand what they show, online tools and practices can help viewers learn more about what they are watching.
05 Jul An International Collaboration Brings Western Sahara into Focus
Update | Madeleine BairWatching Western Sahara is a collaborative video curation platform created to curate and contextualize eyewitness footage of human rights in the occupied territory of Western Sahara. WITNESS’s Madeleine Bair and FiSahara’s María Carrión explain how and why the collaboration came to be.
20 Apr Activist Brahim Saika Dies in Detention & Sahrawis Take to the Streets
Update | Madeleine BairThe death of a Sahrawi activist fuels protests in Western Sahara and southern Morocco, and renews attention to the treatment of Sahrawi political prisoners.
18 Apr Launching Watching Western Sahara
Update | Madeleine BairA new project aims to bridge the gap between footage of abuse taken by at-risk activists and the international audiences who can use it.
23 Mar Watching Protests in Western Sahara
Update | Madeleine BairOnline videos document protest tactics by Sahrawi activists and repression by Moroccan authorities.
11 Mar Curating Online Videos to Monitor Human Rights in Western Sahara
Update | Madeleine BairAs UN diplomats relaunch talks between Western Sahara and Morocco, a new WITNESS Media Lab project will curate footage from the disputed territory.
27 Jan Ethical Wednesdays: Additional Resources on Ethics and Eyewitness Footage
Update | Madeleine BairWe wrap our blog series on the ethics of using eyewitness footage with a list of recommended resources from a diverse range of disciplines.
20 Jan Ethical Wednesdays: Graphic Footage
Update | Madeleine BairWhen footage contains distressing and traumatic imagery, how can you share it with your audience effectively, responsibly, and ethically?
06 Jan Ethical Wednesdays: When Eyewitness Footage Cannot be Verified
Update | Madeleine BairOne of the greatest risks of using eyewitness videos in reporting is not understanding the full story behind the footage. Is it authentic? Has it been manipulated or misinterpreted? What happened before and after? In many cases, we lack complete information about the video’s content and context. How can we balance competing needs to verify footage and expose potential abuse?