Read the blog in Arabic here. On August 25, 2025, Israeli strikes on the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis killed at least five journalists, including Associated Press freelancer Mariam Dagga, Al Jazeera journalist Mohammed Salama, Reuters cameraman Hussam al-Masri, and Reuters freelancer Moaz Abu Taha, along with medics and patients. The attack, carried out […]| WITNESS Blog
This blog was written by our partner, Shoeb Abdullah, with contributions from the WITNESS team. বাংলা সংস্করণটি এখানে পড়ুন। On August 5, 2024, a monumental shift occurred in Bangladesh’s political landscape when Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who had ruled the country for over 15 years, was forced to flee with her sister, Sheikh Rehana, […] The post Filming The Uprising: Revisiting How Bangladeshi Youth Used the Right to Record to Overthr...| WITNESS Blog
This blog was written by our partner, Yokbeth Felle, with contributions from the WITNESS team. Baca versi Bahasa Indonesia di sini. Across West Papua, the struggle for justice is ongoing—and often silenced. In the face of repression, community-led documentation efforts have become a lifeline for truth, memory and resistance. From hidden archives to grassroots films, […] The post Bearing Witness: The Power of Community-Led Documentation in West Papua appeared first on WITNESS Blog.| WITNESS Blog
Di tengah represi di Papua, dokumentasi berbasis komunitas menjadi alat perlawanan, menjaga ingatan kolektif, dan menuntut keadilan jangka panjang.| WITNESS Blog
Explore how generative AI and deepfakes are threatening the 2025 Philippine elections—and how communities are fighting back with truth and verification.| WITNESS Blog
WITNESS' new Community-based Guide to Visual Verification supports activists and journalists in verifying human rights visual documentation.| WITNESS Blog
WITNESS expresses concern regarding the changes in the EU AI Act’s third draft of the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice. These modifications impact transparency, risk assessments and copyright, and undermines fundamental rights.| WITNESS Blog
Disinformation & deepfakes in Ghana’s elections exposed a new age of political deception, which we must combat by fortifying community truths| WITNESS Blog
To address the pressing problem of TFGBV, WITNESS has submitted recommendations to the United Nations Human Rights Council Advisory Committee as part of its study on TFGBV. The post Deepfakes and Digital Abuse: Dismantling Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence appeared first on WITNESS Blog.| WITNESS Blog
The ability to verify the media we consume is critical to informing trust. But the reality is much of the online content we consume will remain unverifiable. How can we navigate these challenges and mitigate potential harms?| WITNESS Blog
The 2024 election year began by highlighting fears of AI’s profound societal impact on information ecosystems and ended with post-election narratives downplaying concerns about AI as exaggerated. This ignored a key truth: those most affected by AI shortcomings and harms—particularly in underserved regions and among critical frontline information actors —were overlooked, and opportunities for them […]| WITNESS Blog
