Team WITNESS brought their A-game to the 2015 TD Five Boro Bike Tour. Led by our Executive Director Yvette Alberdingk Thijm, the team blazed through New York City– proudly supporting human rights defenders around the world.
Brazilian partners, Papo Reto, nominated for an Internet award, The Bobs, for documentation of systemic police violence. Please vote for them in the Best of Online Activism: People’s Choice!
WITNESS’ executive director Yvette Alberdingk Thijm appeared live on MSNBC’s online channel Shift, on the program Road Map, along with WITNESS partner and trainee, Rooj Alwazir.
With growing interest in how video-enabled mobile phones can be better used to expose human rights abuses, WITNESS has been receiving an increasing number of media inquires.
Senior Attorney and Program Manager, Kelly Matheson, is in Ukraine this week to lead a three day training on Video as Evidence for Human Rights defenders in Kyiv.
WITNESS hosted a panel on Women and Technology at the United Nations to discuss how technology is being used to protect and advocate for women’s rights.
Join us, March 18, as WITNESS and other human rights activists participate in a US State Department panel: Citizen Witnesses Documenting Human Rights.
Nearly two years since the launch of WITNESS’ Archive Guide, we’re asking those who have used the Guide for feedback. Please take our short, online survey.
Susan Sarandon teams up with WITNESS to talk about gender equality and International Women’s Day.
WITNESS is proud to announce that UN Women is featuring our guide on interviewing survivors of sexual and gender-based violence on its Web site.