10 May WITNESS Launches #WeTrust Campaign
News and Events, Press | engageinternTrust is more important now than ever before. This spring, WITNESS is taking a stand for trust, truth, and transparency, and we want you to be a part of it.
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06 May WITNESS’ “Profiling the Police” Project Wins Shorty Award
News and Events | WITNESSWITNESS’ “Profiling the Police” project won a 2019 Shorty Awards Audience Honor and was a Finalist in the Social activism category.
15 Apr INDIGENOUS VOICES: EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES FOR DEALING WITH HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
News and Events | Jackie ZammutoJoin us for a workshop on Wednesday, April 24 from 12pm-2pm offering practical guidance on using video to advocate for human rights and justice.
15 Mar Civil Liberties Committee of the European Parliament Ready To Vote
News and Events | WITNESSNext week, the Civil Liberties [LIBE] Committee of the European Parliament is set to vote on the proposed “Regulation on preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online” that WITNESS and other civil society organizations have been strongly opposing for months.
12 Mar Help Us Secure Justice for Indigenous Land Rights Activist Samir Flores Soberanes
News and Events | WITNESSOn February 20th, Samir Flores Soberanes, popular communicator and activist, was murdered outside his house in Mexico. It is urgent that the Mexican government thoroughly investigate the case. It is impunity that enables killings of leaders from indigenous communities to continue. Read more.
30 Jan WITNESS to attend content moderation conference at EU Parliament
News and Events | matisseOur Tech Advocacy Program Manager, Dia Kayyali, will speak at the “Content Moderation & Removal at Scale” conference, Feb. 5, 2019, in Brussels.
28 Jan WITNESS and partners push back against EU regulation that threatens online free expression
News and Events, Press | matisseA proposed law encourages the use of opaque algorithms that could threaten content created by human rights defenders, alternative media, and journalists.
14 Jan Program Manager Dia Kayyali’s advice for Mark Zuckerberg featured in The Guardian
News and Events, Press | matisseKayyali joined experts in the technology, human rights, and policymaking worlds to urge Zuckerberg to develop a more ethical and principled company.
27 Dec WITNESS Joins Over 100 Families and Organizations Calling to Repeal NY Police Secrecy Law 50-a
News and Events, Press | matisseWe joined Communities United for Police Reform (CPR) and over 100 organizations and family members of people killed by the police in New York to call for a full repeal of law 50-a.
17 Dec Al Jazeera’s “The Listening Post” Reports on WITNESS’ Immigrant Rights Program
News and Events, Press | matisseThe report tracks how WITNESS is collaborating with affected communities, legal advocacy organizations and media outlets to track cases of enforcement abuse by ICE. It also highlights our direct training of communities to use their own media tools to document wrongdoing.