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WITNESS is an international organization that trains human rights defenders and activists to use video in their advocacy campaigns for change.

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29 March 2013

Togo: Victory for Media Freedom, but Clashes Continue

Written by WITNESS · Activism, Advocacy, Arrest and Harassment, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights, Protest

This week, journalists in the West African nation of Togo celebrated the Constitutional Court's decision to throw out a recent law restricting media freedom. But with elections approaching, crackdowns on the press have continued, with some turning violent. This post features a series of citizen videos collected from YouTube and Twitter and curated on WITNESS' Human Rights Channel on YouTube.

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12 March 2013

All Eyes on Kenya — and Cameras, too

Written by WITNESS · Activism, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights, Kenya

In the months approaching Kenya's national elections, citizens across the country mobilized to support peace on election day. Among them are 120 human rights activists and citizen journalists who participated in WITNESS video trainings in February. Several participants recently shared their thoughts, outlining their hopes and fears for the election and explaining what motivated them to learn how to film.

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26 January 2013

Video Advocacy Races Forward: 2012’s Dangers & 2013’s Solutions

Written by WITNESS · Activism, Advocacy, Anonymity, Arrest and Harassment, Bahrain, Brazil, Burma, China, Feature, Global, Human Rights, Latin America, Middle East & North Africa, Protest, Saudi Arabia, Surveillance, Syria

Video is increasingly at the nexus of opportunity and danger for human rights activists. Video helps activists to document, confront, circumvent, and lobby against oppressive authorities—but it also allows those authorities to stalk them. Here's what we think will happen in 2013.

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22 August 2012

Tips for Citizen Journalists Using YouTube's New Face Blur Tool

Written by WITNESS · Advocacy, Feature, Privacy

This guest post from WITNESS provides tips on using YouTube's new facial blurring tool.

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19 July 2012

YouTube's New Face Blur Tool and What It Means for Activists Globally

Written by WITNESS · Advocacy

This post was written by Sam Gregory, Program Director at WITNESS and originally appeared on the WITNESS Video For Change blog, July 18, 2012. Yesterday, YouTube announced a new tool...

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6 April 2012

An Occupy Wall Street Tutorial: “How to Film a Revolution”

Written by WITNESS · Feature, United States, video

On Sunday December 11, 2011 The New York Times published an extensive article illustrating the role of livestream technologies in the Occupy Wall Street movement. The following day, seventeen mediamakers, including members of the Global Revolution livestream team were arrested.

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21 March 2012

Advocacy, Audience and Agency in Kony 2012: Moving from Critique to Action

Written by WITNESS · Advocacy, Feature

Looking at the meta-debate that's emerged in the days since “Kony 2012″ was launched, I propose two key questions that can help us turn critique of the campaign into action.

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