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The second video in a four part in-depth interview series with Bukeni Waruzi, program coordinator for Africa and the Middle East at WITNESS, who has worked on the issue of child soldiers for more than a decade.
In January 2009, Bukeni traveled to The Hague to attend the International... -
Bukeni Waruzi, program coordinator for Africa and the Middle East at WITNESS, sends his last vlog from The Hague where he has been an NGO observer at the first ever trial at the International Criminal Court for Thomas Lubanga, accused of conscripting children under the age of 15 for soldiering...
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This video was produced by WITNESS and 15 other human rights organizations. "Extraordinary rendition" is a term few people had ever heard before the events of 9/11. It refers to the practice of abducting foreign nationals for interrogation and detention in secret overseas prisons,...
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On March 27, 2009 WITNESS staff, Peter Gabriel (our co-founder), Diego Luna, Saul Hernandez of the band Jaguares, Patricia Cervantes (mother of Neyra Cervantes who was disappeared and murdered in Chihuahua in 2003) and our partners at the Comision Mexicana de Defensa y Promocion de Derechos...
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What images come to mind when you think of human rights? Pictures of torture, unjust detention, police brutality, political persecution? Or do you think about climate change? What... -
WITNESS empowers women to tell their courageous stories in the belief that it will make a difference to their lives, and in the lives of others. Our role is to make sure that it does. We're able to make sure these stories are heard, because you are there for us. We count on your support....
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There is a silent crisis that effects every community in America: Elder abuse. Every year an estimated 5 million of America's older adults are beaten, ignored or financially exploited. Yet, as a country, we remain silent about this growing crisis.
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In 2008, political violence erupted throughout Zimbabwe as a result of highly contested national elections. Between May and July alone, local organizations estimate that state-sanctioned groups abducted, raped, tortured, and beat over 2,000 women and girls due to their political affiliations....
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Hear Us - Stand With Us Solidarity Video by Dr. Omotade Aina
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Opal Tometi: Hear Us - Stand with Us Solidarity Video
