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March 13th, 2008

Video HUB: Protecting women activists' rights around the world

Juliana Rincón Parra · 00:19

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Witness' The HUB Beta brings us three videos recorded at the "Human Rights for Women; Human Rights for All" event, where 3 strong women who defend other women´s rights speak about the International Campaign on Women Human Rights Defenders. 1 comment · »»

June 15th, 2007

WITNESS/Global Voices Human Rights Video Hub wins One World Media award

Georgia Popplewell · 02:44

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Yesterday evening (June 14), the WITNESS/Global Voices Human Rights Video Hub pilot took the award for best New Media project at the One World Media Awards in London. As former Video Hub editor Sameer Padania writes in an e-mail this morning: "I know people say this all the time, but the award really does belong to the brave, committed, talented people on the ground - bloggers, human rights advocates, journalists, lawyers, filmmakers, citizens - who fought to bring these stories to light, and without whom we genuinely would have had nothing to say or show." (Visit this page to see the full list of winners). 3 comments · »»

April 17th, 2007

Ethiopia: March to protest violence against women.

Lova Rakotomalala · 13:54

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A march was organized on April, 14th at Merkel square, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This march wanted to show that women were still at risk of random acts of violence and that more needed to be done from a legal point of view to protect their well-being. The march was organized ... 0 comments · »»

March 13th, 2007

Guinea-Conakry: standing up to a power-hungry President

Gavin Simpson · 17:42

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The technological revolution that enables ordinary citizens to capture and upload video footage on the web has been slow to take root in West Africa. Up to now we haven’t featured any video content from this part of the world on the Human Rights Video Hub Pilot. So ... 9 comments · »»

March 4th, 2007

Forced evictions in Guatemala: whose land is it anyway?

Gavin Simpson · 18:10

Land ownership and occupation are complex and highly contentious issues in many parts of Latin America, and the tropical, resource-rich plains of northeastern Guatemala are no exception. On the one hand, legal title to land is generally brokered in formal processes between governments and private buyers. On the ... 3 comments · »»

February 14th, 2007

Caught On Camera: Human Rights Video on GV

Sameer Padania · 10:11

It has been a bumper few weeks on GV for human rights video, so let's get straight into it... Bandh of brothers... [via Neha] This footage, filmed by Dinesh Wagle, of United We Blog!, shows motorcycle riders being turned backed by members of the National Federation of Nepal Transport Entrepreneurs in Kathmandu. ... 5 comments · »»

January 16th, 2007

Caught On Camera: Human Rights Videos on GV

Sameer Padania · 11:00

You'd be forgiven for thinking it's been Saddam, Saddam, Saddam, in recent weeks, but GV has covered other human rights videos that deserve a bit of limelight - so, in this regular new feature, I'm going to round up the best of those recent stories. Something for WITNESS's Amazon Wishlist [via ... 4 comments · »»

January 6th, 2007

Saddam execution video re-ignites death penalty debates worldwide

Sameer Padania · 18:59

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Over the past four months, we've tried to feature and contextualise videos we felt should be seen and debated by a wider audience. Today's featured human rights video is something completely new. You may be one of the millions who have sought it out online - or you ... 27 comments · »»