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Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

[Cross-posted from the WITNESS Hub Blog.] Here’s a Guardian video (and news story) from a couple of weeks ago which offers some useful insights for those working to document and expose police brutality...

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Multimedia Reporting – Behind the scenes at a MediaStorm workshop

[Cross-posted from the WITNESS Hub Blog.] As part of our work at WITNESS we conduct trainings preparing advocates to be able to shoot, edit and distribute video for effective human rights advocacy...

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Xinjiang: Protests continue into third day

[Cross-posted from the WITNESS Hub Blog.] Xinhua is reporting that more than 150 people have died in the clashes in Urumqi since 5th July, and more than 1,000 have been injured. Riot police have been...

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HRWIFF 2009 – Festival Round-up

[Cross-posted from the WITNESS Hub Blog.] WITNESS has a proud history of participating in, supporting and even awarding prizes at film festivals, but we’ve never tried to cover a film festival before...

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Twitter defeats newspaper gagging order

[Cross-posted from the WITNESS Hub Blog] Here’s a remarkable video showing a Twitter revolt in action: It shows how the terms #trafigura, #carterruck, #dumping, #scandal and other Twitter hashtags...

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Bahrain: video testimony of abuses

As the latest Editor’s Picks on the Hub show, evidence is emerging of continuing abuses against individuals and human rights defenders in Bahrain. Through these testimonies (in Arabic) individuals...

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Google Unmuzzles Itself In China

[Cross-posted from the WITNESS Hub Blog.] Google has received brickbats a-plenty for its stance in China, where, in order to be permitted to operate by the Chinese government, the search company agreed...

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Haiti Earthquake – video and resources

We’re not tracking the Haiti earthquake ourselves, but here are a few links to those who are… - CitizenTube’s rolling playlist of Haiti videos on YouTube – The NYT’s list of those tracking the...

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Kenya: Landmark Ruling on Indigenous Land Rights

[Cross-posted from the WITNESS Hub Blog.] In a landmark ruling on February 4th, the African Union has condemned the expulsion of the Endorois people from their land in Kenya.  The African Union’s...

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In Media Res: Ubiquitous video, local humiliation, networked dignity

Late last year I curated a week of posts for In Media Res, a superb project that brings anthropologists together to talk about online video.  Writing fascinatingly alongside me were Sarah Van Deusen...

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