17 Sep LIVESTREAM – From Rio to NYC: Can eyewitness video end impunity for police abuse?
Uncategorized, Update | WITNESSOn September 14th, 2015 the WITNESS Media Lab hosted a panel on filming police violence at Civic Hall in Manhattan.
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04 Sep Dispatch from Brazil: If killed by police, guilty by default … unless there’s video?
Update | WITNESSEvery year thousands of people in Brazil are murdered by the police, yet only 0.8% of the cases are ever investigated or brought to justice.
13 Jul Film the Police? Not in Spain.
Spain | WITNESS By Morgan Hargrave Perhaps the best way to understand the anti-protest law that just went into effect in Spain comes in the form of a simple joke: Person 1: How are things going in Spain? Person 2: We can't complain Person 1: So all is fine?
30 Mar Videos Capture Dissident Voices in Cuba
Update | WITNESSCritics of Castro’s government face a surge in targeted repression despite talks of normalized relations between Cuba and the US.
10 Dec The 2014 Human Rights Citizen Video – Year in Review
Update | WITNESSOver the past year, WITNESS’ Human Rights Channel curated over 800 citizen videos documenting human rights. Today we release our 2014 Year in Review.
20 Nov Will the Syrian Hero Boy Make Us Question Everything We See? (and why don’t we do that already?)
Uncategorized | WITNESSThe instinct to believe what we see has made video a driving force in news coverage, and a powerful tool for manipulation.
21 Oct Footage from the Melilla Border Shines a Spotlight on Spain’s Treatment of Migrants
Update | WITNESSThe chain link fence separating Morocco from the Spanish-controlled city of Melilla has come to symbolize fears and concerns about international migration and migrant rights within the European Union.
02 Sep Community Reporters Document Deadly Raid on Indigenous Villages in Guatemala
Uncategorized | WITNESSTestimony of men beaten and dragged away in front of their families, along with images of homes burning to the ground, are reminiscent of stories from the Guatemalan genocide thirty years ago.
21 Aug Live From Ferguson: Videos, Detentions & Attempts at Defining the Press
Uncategorized | WITNESSCitizens and professional reporters have been thrown in jail while documenting protests and the police response, raising the question once again: Who IS a reporter anyways?
25 Jul Citizen Videos Used as Propaganda Tools in Israel-Palestine Conflict
Uncategorized | WITNESSThe use of citizen video as a propaganda tool by both sides in the Israel-Palestine conflict leaves viewers manipulated and confused.