05 Jun WITNESS at the Allied Media Conference
News and Events | WITNESSWITNESS is excited to be attending the Allied Media Conference in Detroit this year! AMC takes place from June 15-18 at Wayne State University.
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10 Jul WITNESS Trains on Video Advocacy at Sustainability and Corporate Accountability Summit in South Africa
News and Events | WITNESSWITNESS presented on the use of video in an advocacy campaigns at the 2016 African Coalition for Corporate Accountability conference in Pretoria, South Africa.
07 Dec Round Up Of Our 2015 Focus For Change Benefit
News and Events | WITNESSOn November 12, 2015, WITNESS celebrated the power of video to bring about justice at our annual Focus for Change Benefit in New York City. Co-hosted by the amazing Femi Oke and Peter Gabriel (via BeamPro robot), the night was a huge success!
06 Jul WITNESS in Myanmar: Prakkash for EngageMedia-Southeast Asia Video Camp
News and Events | WITNESSFrom June 3rd-6th of 2015 WITNESS’ Program Manager for Asia and the Pacific, Arul Prakkash, participated in Camp Chindwin to train video activists in Myanmar.
01 May Meet the New Faces of the WITNESS Board!
News and Events | WITNESSA big welcome to Nicole Wong, Jim Salzano, Harvey Anderson and Lekha Singh.
15 Apr WITNESS Around the World
News and Events | WITNESSWITNESS staff has been on the move the last several weeks, traveling around the world to conduct trainings and participating in international human rights events.
14 Apr PBS NewsHour Features WITNESS’ Work on Video as Evidence
Press | WITNESSHari Sreenivasan reports on how WITNESS trains citizens around the world to record better video when they witness a crime, while protecting themselves from becoming targets.
19 Feb Police Violence, Video as Evidence and Brazil
Press | WITNESSThe New York Times features WITNESS, our partners and our allies as we use video to bring those who commit abuse to justice.
02 Feb WITNESS Attends the World Economic Forum to Discuss the Role of Human Rights in Technology
News and Events | WITNESSCo-founder, Peter Gabriel and Program Director, Sam Gregory, describe WITNESS’ role in advocating for human rights values in technology.
10 Dec Introducing the Human Rights Channel Year in Review
News and Events | WITNESSFrom Venezuelan protests to police abuse in the US, many of this year’s biggest human rights stories have been documented and fueled by videos.