Access to data about policing has become the subject of increased advocacy and police misconduct data has become increasingly available in the United States, leading to a growing cottage industry that has arisen around collecting, analyzing, and publicizing information about policing. Unfortunately, these efforts are
WITNESS signs on to a statement from alternative media outlets across the Americas about the ongoing protests and state violence in Peru.
WITNESS is pleased to announce three new members of its Board of Directors: Adelin Cai, Debora Diniz, and Julie Owono. Ms. Cai also serves on the Board’s Governance and Nominations Committee.
WITNESS, CORAL (Colectivos Reunidos de America Látina), and other partners brought together a network of media collectives and movements using communications – especially audiovisual media – to defend their lands and territories.
The Russian human rights NGO was named one of 2022’s Nobel Peace Prize laureates. WITNESS partnered with Memorial in the mid 2000s to co-produce advocacy videos about forced disappearances, extra-judicial killings, and torture committed by the Russian military during the Chechen wars.
WITNESS and the Texas After Violence Project drafted an open letter that highlights 5 key challenges and offers constructive recommendations to center community and care in archives grantmaking.
This is a press statement released by WITNESS AFRICA and Stand to End Rape (STER) to announce the launch of the new SGBV Reporting Guide.
Catch our team leading sessions alongside long-term partners and allies, offering workshops, community labs, and panels on a range of topics at RightsCon – the world’s leading summit on human rights in the digital age!
We have stepped up our sharing of resources for people on the ground as well as those of us witnessing from a distance, so that we amplify grassroots truths and decrease the spread of mis/disinformation.
WITNESS is pleased to announce Leonardo Custódio and Pam Mudhray have joined its Board of Directors. They bring decades of lived experiences in anti-racism initiatives, social justice, activist research and education, community organizing, and organizational development.
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