This week WITNESS teams are joining forces in Brazil and Mexico for the in-person gatherings of the Latin America School for Communication for Land Defense and Tejemedios. These events, co-organized by WITNESS, CORAL (Colectivos Reunidos de America Látina), and others will bring together a networ

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.

Noting how “traditional” funding requirements and guidelines often become significant impediments to our work, despite funders’ best intentions, with partners we drafted an open letter that highlights 5 key challenges and offers constructive recommendations to center community and care in arch

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.

WITNESS is excited to continue our tradition of participating in RightsCon, the world’s leading summit on human rights in the digital age!  RightsCon is online again this year and will be taking place from Monday, June 6th to Friday, June 10th 2022. Registration is open

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. Mr. Custódio and Ms. Mudhray bring decades of lived experiences from work in anti-racism initiatives, social justice, activist research and education, community organizing, and organizational devel

WITNESS, in partnership with MIT Open Documentary Lab’s Co-Creation Studio, is pleased to announce a new report called “JUST JOKING! Deepfakes, Satire and the Politics of Synthetic Media.”

This resource-based campaign incorporates learnings from participants at our recent mis/disinformation West Africa convening to help combat the spread of misinformation and disinformation.

Thanks to the power of video, two high-ranking commanders have been condemned for murder and crimes against humanity in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Two founding members of our partner group, Coletivo Papo Reto visit New York to talk about their use of video combatting police violence and counter mainstream narratives about favelas in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Last week a federal court ruled the Mexican state has a constitutional obligation to respect indigenous land rights and consult indigenous communities.