2013 in Human Rights Citizen Video
Police brutality, torture, chemical weapons attacks. Through the lenses of bystanders, witnesses, and sometimes even perpetrators, we were transported to this year’s the darkest episodes of humanity,...
View ArticleThe Human Rights Video Weekly: Citizens Documenting in Cambodia, Vietnam and...
This week, our eyes are on civil movements in Southeast Asia and citizen video documenting Israeli soldiers complicit in an attack on Palestinians. From a crackdown on a number of protests in Cambodia,...
View ArticleThe Human Rights Video Weekly: Reports from Sudan, Syria and China
This week we have seen citizen video reports of bombings in civilian areas in Sudan, further evidence of torture in Syria’s prisons, and a deadly factory fire in China. Here are highlights from...
View ArticleSahrawi Fish Deal Protests Brutally Beaten Down
By Sidahmed Tfeil and Madeleine Bair Despite Moroccan authorities’ attempts to silence political protests by Western Saharan activists, YouTube videos give voice to widespread anger regarding a recent...
View ArticleHuman Rights Video Weekly: A Plea for Food Aid in Syria, Violent Protests in...
In the past week, protests in both Bangkok and Kiev turned a new corner, seeing their first fatalities during clashes with police. In Thailand, video taken by an eyewitness captured an attack on...
View ArticleIn Kiev, Abuse of Power Against Protesters, Medics, and Journalists
By Vienna Maglio The international community has responded with shock and talk of sanctions against Ukraine’s leaders after streaming video broadcast live footage as Kiev’s central square turned into a...
View ArticleThe Death of a Bahraini Prisoner
By Vienna Maglio and Sidahmed Tfeil The recent death of a Bahraini detainee who suffered from sickle cell anemia has put a spotlight on the treatment of the Gulf country’s prisoners, an issue which...
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Citizen Video Captures Targeted Violence Against Mozabite Algerians
This blog post contains information adapted with permission from blog posts by Algerian journalist Abdou Semmar. Abdou’s original posts appeared on Global Voices earlier this year. They can be viewed...
View ArticleVideo Documents Aftermath of Drone Strike Which Hit Wedding Party in Yemen
By Vienna Maglio and Sidahmed Tfeil On December 12, 2013 in the Aqabat Za’j district of Yemen, a bride and groom celebrated their nuptials at the home of the bride’s parents. After a feast, the party...
View ArticleHuman Rights Video Weekly: Colombia, Egypt, and Syria
From a protest in Egypt to the front lines of the Syrian conflict, citizen video provides us with a brief glimpse into moments that are shaping political realities all over the globe. This unique...
View ArticleBecause of You, WITNESS’ YouTube Channels Are Nominated for Webby Awards
We’re incredibly honored to announce that The Human Rights Channel and WITNESS’ own YouTube channel have been named finalists in the 18th Annual Webby Awards category Online Film & Video: Public...
View ArticleHuman Rights Video Weekly: Police Operations in Brazil, Detention of Refugees...
With just over a month to go before the World Cup begins, soccer fanatics are beginning to descend upon Rio de Janeiro. But the death of a popular dancer in a Copacabana favela has escalated tensions...
View ArticleHuman Rights Video from Brazil, Ukraine, Israel and Palestine
From human rights activists in Brazil seeking political asylum to the difficulty of verifying citizen video purportedly from the Israel/Palestine conflict, to how social media is being used in the...
View ArticleHuman Rights Videos from Sri Lanka, Nigeria and Stories from Syrian Migrants
This week on the Human Rights Channel, we’re curating video of protests against child rape at the hands of Sri Lankan armed forces, Syrian migrants traveling to Europe and Lebanon, Boko Haram attacks...
View ArticleEffective Collaboration Between Journalists and Citizens When Using Citizen...
Last week on Education Shift (a blog hosted by PBS MediaShift), Human Rights Channel Curator Madeleine Bair authored a two-part blog series on ways in which citizens and journalists can work together...
View ArticleForced Evictions, Live Ammunition, and Video Documentation in Cape Town
By Charlotte Gilliland On June 3, 800 residents in the Cape Town community of Lwandle were suddenly and forcibly evicted from their homes. Crews of police and private contractors destroyed their...
View ArticleHuman Rights Videos from Argentina, South Africa, and Gaza
Footage shot by eyewitnesses, activists, and police themselves provides a tool for documentation and accountability of police abuse around the world. This week, we look at a video submitted as evidence...
View ArticleThis Week in Human Rights Video: Honduras, Pakistan, Cambodia
Honduras and Pakistan are two places from which we have curated relatively little human rights footage. In Honduras, threats against human rights defenders have escalated since the coup d’etat in 2009....
View ArticleCommunity Reporters Document Deadly Raid on Indigenous Villages in Guatemala
Five weeks ago, reports emerged from the highlands of Guatemala documenting indigenous communities under attack by the national police force. Testimony of men beaten and dragged away in front of their...
View ArticleThis Week on the Human Rights Channel: Syria, Mexico, Honduras
Fleeing ISIS in Syria The Kurdish town of Kobani near the Turkish border has attracted international attention as ISIS wages a fierce battle for control. According to Syria Deeply, approximately...
View ArticleThis Week on the Human Rights Channel: Burkina Faso, France, and Iraq
Burkina Faso: Mass Protests Lead to Change of Power As thousands of Burkinabe took to the streets last week to protest a proposal to extend President Blaise Compaoré’s 27-year rule, YouTube videos from...
View ArticleThis Week on the Human Rights Channel – ICYMI Edition
If you’re like us, you checked out for the holidays. We’re back, and we’re still catching up with the stories we missed during the end of 2014. From the results of Kashmir’s election to an interview...
View ArticleThis Week on The Human Rights Channel: Haiti, Saudi Arabia and Sudan
In the wake of the killings of French cartoonists last week, international attention has focused on free speech. In many countries it is not terrorists but the government itself which seeks to repress...
View ArticleVideos Capture Dissident Voices in Cuba
If talks between Cuban diplomats and their U.S. counterparts were expected to improve the repressive environment many Cuban dissidents face, video testimony from Cuba tells a different story. Farmers...
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What WITNESS Learned in 3 Years Curating Human Rights Videos on YouTube
Last month WITNESS re-launched the Human Rights Channel with a new name, a new online home, and a new approach to addressing the challenges of curating citizen video for human rights documentation and...
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