International affairs student and data visualizer Niko Efstathiou joins us as the inaugural Google News Lab Fellow with the WITNESS Media Lab for Summer 2016.
Our online spring fundraiser is now underway. Donate now through the end of June and a generous supporter will double it!
WITNESS’ executive director will deliver a keynote and moderate a panel at the annual civic tech conference in NYC.
Our Program Director Sam Gregory joins HRWIFF’s panel on the emergent uses of virtual reality in human rights storytelling and advocacy.
The project launches weeks ahead of a crucial UN Security Council vote on the continued peacekeeping mission.
The resource provides practical guidance aimed at strengthening citizen video used as evidence in courts, for advocacy, and by the media.
WITNESS’ marathon team will be comprised of 5 runners, who will raise a minimum of $15,000 for the organization.
WITNESS joins the international condemnation of the murder of Honduran human rights defender Berta Cáceres and calls for the protection of Gustavo Castro.
Al Jazeera reports on the app we co-developed with The Guardian Project in their new documentary “The Bigger Brother”. The piece highlights a beta test of CameraV conducted in Rio with our Brazilian partners Coletivo Papo Reto.
The justice system in Brazil has yet to grasp or fully understand how to properly digest, analyze and process the new flood of video evidence.