September 2023 - WITNESS Blog
Read the English version here. ဤဆောင်းပါးကို သြဂုတ်လ ၂၅ ရက်နေ့တွင် ကျရောက်သော ရိုဟင်ဂျာ| 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
Read the English version here. ৫ আগস্ট, ২০২৪। বাংলাদেশের রাজনৈতিক পরিমণ্ডলে এক যুগান্তকারী ঘটনার দিন। বৈষম্যবিরোধী ছাত্র আন্দোলনের নেতৃত্বে লং মার্চ টু ঢাকা কর্মসূচি দিনটিতে রূপ নেয় গণ-অভ্যুত্থানে। ১৫ বছ...| WITNESS Blog
Read the English version here. ဤဆောင်းပါးကို သြဂုတ်လ ၂၅ ရက်နေ့တွင် ကျရောက်သော ရိုဟင်ဂျာ| 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
Read the English version here. Blog ini ditulis oleh Yerry Niko Borang, dengan kontribusi dari tim WITNESS Asia-Pasifik. Pada 17 Oktober 2024, sekelompok pembuat film, dan aktivis pembela hak asasi manusia, mayoritas dari Papua, yang beragam berkumpul secara daring untuk mengikuti webinar yang diselenggarakan oleh WITNESS berjudul “Pengarsipan Video Hak Asasi Manusia: Paradoks Bukti dan […] The post Video sebagai Bukti: Pedang Bermata Dua dan Kekuatan Suara Komunitas di Papua appeared f...| WITNESS Blog
Highlights from our webinar on "Human Rights Video Archiving in West Papua: Paradox and Impunity" which explored the challenges of using video evidence in the fight for justice.| WITNESS Blog
At WITNESS, we’ve consistently observed a noticeable gap between the technical capabilities of AI detection tools and their practical value in high-stakes situations globally. This detection equity gap is most pronounced in the Global Majority world.| WITNESS Blog
Archiving has become crucial in both preserving the past and empowering the future in many different ways and regions across Africa.| WITNESS Blog
WITNESS hosted over 40 key stakeholders from the Asia-Pacific region to discuss threats and opportunities related to generative AI, synthetic media and human rights.| WITNESS Blog
State repression of peaceful protesters in Africa has prompted activists to find creative solutions to defend their right to record abuses. The post The Right to Record: Safeguarding Truth in Protests in Africa appeared first on WITNESS Blog.| WITNESS Blog
WITNESS hosted a global convening to promote the exchange of skills and knowledge within community-led initiatives working on pathways to justice and to promote greater democratized access to emerging OSINT tools and skills, and a transformation of the existing communities of practice. The post Fortifying the Truth Through Collaboration and Community-led Documentation appeared first on WITNESS Blog.| WITNESS Blog
This blog post discusses threats from synthetic media and opportunities from generative AI that arose from a WITNESS workshop in Brazil.| WITNESS Blog
Read the English version here. Blog ini menandai peluncuran kampanye global WITNESS “#ArchiveLife: Melestarikan Memori Kolektif melalui Pengarsipan Video”. WITNESS meluncurkan Panduan Aktivis untuk Pengarsipan Video yang memenangkan penghargaan pada bulan Juli 2013, hampir 11 tahun yang lalu. Sejak itu, kami telah mendukung dan belajar dari jaringan di seluruh dunia dalam proyek pengarsipan video. Hal […] The post Arsip yang Bernilai: appeared first on WITNESS Blog.| WITNESS Blog
WITNESS ၏ “#ArchiveLife - ဗီဒီယိုရုပ်သံမော်ကွန်းမှတ်တမ်းတင်ခြင်းမှတဆင့် လူ့အဖွဲ့အစည်း၏ သမိုင်းဖြစ်စဉ် အမှတ်ရမှုများကို ထိန်းသိမ်းစောင့်ရှောက်ခြင်း” ကမ္ဘာလုံးဆိုင်ရာလှုပ်ရှားမှုအစီအစဉ် စ...| WITNESS Blog
Written by Ines Aisengart Menezes and Yvonne Ng At WITNESS, one common question we hear from partners and community-based human rights video practitioners that we support on archiving is “What database tool should I use to manage my videos?”. It’s a tricky question, because there isn’t one single correct answer. Usually, our reply is, “It […] The post Cataloging Tools for Human Rights Video Archiving appeared first on WITNESS Blog.| WITNESS Blog
This blog post shares the findings from WITNESS's 2022-2023 archiving survey for activists and community-based human rights practitioners.| WITNESS Blog
WITNESS launches the #ArchiveLife global campaign which recenters video archiving as a valuable action that preserves community memory.| WITNESS Blog
Perspectives from Latina America on threats and opportunities that generative AI and synthetic media bring to audiovisual witnessing.| WITNESS Blog
This blog post remembers the millions of murdered and displaced Rohingyas, and calls for the rightful preservation of their histories.| WITNESS Blog
We explore the potential of using generative AI and synthetic media tools (“AI tools”) to support human rights advocacy and social critique.| WITNESS Blog
This blog post introduces the Kendeng women's movement of Indonesia, and spotlights how corporations and governments collude in environmental destruction.| WITNESS Blog
Blog ini memperkenalkan gerakan perempuan Kendeng di Indonesia, dan menyoroti bagaimana korporasi dan pemerintah berkolusi dalam perusakan lingkungan.| WITNESS Blog
a methodology to strengthen communication efforts for land defense movements following the moon and seeding cycle| WITNESS Blog
WITNESS participated in the Acampamento Terra Livre (Free Land Camp) to learn from and support Indigenous communications teams in Brazil.| WITNESS Blog
This blog post identifies and prioritises collective responses that can have a positive impact in the information landscape in Africa.| WITNESS Blog
This blog post talks about the value in protecting the freedom to film, particularly, the right to record during protests.| WITNESS Blog
