Category: africa

• Saddam execution video re-ignites death penalty debates worldwide [via GV/WITNESS]

  [Originally published here as part of WITNESS‘s collaboration with Global Voices Online] Over the past four months, we’ve tried to feature and contextualise videos we felt should be seen and debated by a wider audience. Today’s featured human rights video is something completely new. You may be one of the millions who have sought it…

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  07/01/2007

  africa, Caribbean, cellphone, Central Asia & Caucasus, citizen journalism, Death Penalty, East Asia, Governance, GV, Human rights, internet, Journalism, Latin America, law, mobile, online video, politics, REGION, religion, south asia, Technology, War & Conflict, WITNESS

• Video exposes child-soldier’s identity [via GV/WITNESS]

  [Originally published here as part of WITNESS‘s collaboration with Global Voices Online] If you’ve seen the guidelines for this site, you’ll know that there are types of footage that we wouldn’t post, and circumstances surrounding the shooting of particular videos that mean we wouldn’t even link to them. Today’s post is about one of those…

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  20/10/2006

  africa, children, Cyber-Activism, Governance, GV, Human rights, humanitarian, internet, law, military, online video, politics, REGION, Technology, War & Conflict, WITNESS

• Zimbabwe: Smuggled DVD brings union protest beatings to light [via GV/WITNESS]

  [Originally published here as part of WITNESS‘s collaboration with Global Voices Online] This video reached me late last night via Ethan Zuckerman. At nearly ten minutes, it’s longer than the other videos we’ve put up, but I strongly recommend you watch this. [YouTube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI1l7jmabBA] It includes footage of the Zimbabwean police and security intelligence services breaking…

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  13/10/2006

  africa, Cyber-Activism, Freedom of Speech, Governance, GV, Human rights, law, online video, police, politics, protest, Technology, unions, WITNESS