Yemen Archives - WITNESS https://www.witness.org/tag/yemen/ Human Rights Video Wed, 22 Apr 2015 20:10:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 76151064 WITNESS’ Executive Director Yvette Alberdingk Thijm live on MSNBC’s Road Map https://www.witness.org/witness-executive-director-yvette-alberdingk-thijm-live-on-msnbcs-road-map/ Tue, 21 Apr 2015 23:02:22 +0000 https://www.witness.org/?p=1409477 WITNESS’ executive director Yvette Alberdingk Thijm appeared live on MSNBC’s online channel Shift, on the program Road Map, along with Yemeni blogger and WITNESS partner, Rooj Alwazir. The segment featured WITNESS’ pioneering work using video to expose human rights abuses, and the various ways in which the organization supports activists around the world in the fight for justice and accountability. Yvette emphasized a fundamental belief at WITNESS that, “Technology has put an unbelievably powerful tool into the hands of every single citizen.”

As a partner and trainee of WITNESS’, Rooj was interviewed alongside Yvette, discussing the role video has played in documenting conflict in Yemen. Rooj noted that authenticating video is a particular challenge citizen journalists face when sharing stories from conflict affected regions, and recounted a time when her organization in Yemen needed to verify footage they were receiving. She said, “thankfully at the time WITNESS was in Yemen and put together a quick training on how to verify footage” which has equipped citizen journalists she works with to authenticate their videos.

YAT MSNBC_RoadMap_RoojThe Road Map segment can be viewed online here.

 

]]> 1409477 Five Easy Pieces for March 2014 https://www.witness.org/five-easy-pieces-for-march-2014/ https://www.witness.org/five-easy-pieces-for-march-2014/#respond Fri, 04 Apr 2014 11:39:00 +0000 http://w.witness.org/?p=957 Here are a few of the important stories we’re following and ideas we’re pursuing on the WITNESS Blog:

Ignored by Brazilian Government, Activists Take Police Violence to Inter-American Commission

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights hosts a public hearing on police violence used by Brazilian authorities during popular protests ongoing in the country since June 2013.

Crackdown on Journalists in South Sudan, Activist Arrested in Sri Lanka

As refugees escape from South Sudan and Central African Republic, they crowd into neighboring countries, causing shortages. Since media outlets often cannot reach these conflict zones, we rely on citizen video to see what is happening.

Video Documents Aftermath of Drone Strike Which Hit Wedding Party in Yemen

A Geneva-based human rights organization filmed interviews with villagers about a U.S. drone that hit a rural wedding procession in December 2013, killing at least 12 and injuring the bride.

Ethical Examples of Interviewing Sexual Violence Survivors in the DRC

A series of interviews conducted by Lauren Wolfe, director of the Women’s Media Center’s Women Under Siege Project, provide examples of good practices we outline in our “Guide to Interviewing Survivors of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence.”

How An Eyewitness Mode Helps Activists (and Others) Be Trusted

Individuals and social networks can both benefit from functionality that would allow video uploaders to add metadata, enhancing the trustworthiness of their media.

For more, visit the WITNESS Blog.

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