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Home » Academic Themes » Liberation technologies » Data journalism » Witness: Videos for human rights
August 12, 2014  in Data journalism / Democratic engagement / Mobile phones / Organisations / Tech 4 Accountability / Uncategorized by Vivek Srinivasan

Witness is an organization dedicated to promoting the effective use of videos for human rights.  The organization trains people to use videos, protect the content and the people in it – and also build effective campaigns to prevent human rights abuses.  Witness was created after a video surfaced on the police brutality against Rodney King that made the founders recognize the power of videos in such situations.  Apart from trainings, they also create apps and engage in policy advocacy with large internet companies to create a safe space for human rights activists working in dangerous conditions.

 

 

Their blog is also an interesting space for articles on the effective use of videos for human rights.

 

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  1. Human Rights Project in the Cyberspace
  2. CHRI: Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative
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  4. Electronic Frontier Foundation | Defending Freedom in the Digital World

About Vivek Srinivasan

I work with the Program on Liberation Technology at Stanford University. Before this, I worked with the Right to Food Campaign and other rights based campaigns in India. To learn more, click here.
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