Over the past few weeks, we've become aware of a problem on our servers
that affects uploading and viewing some videos on the Hub. We want to
take this opportunity to apologize to our community of users for any
inconvenience this may cause you.
We can assure those of our users this has affected that we are working
to resolve this issue and we will give you another update on this at
the end of February. We also want to assure you that all video and
other content contributed to the Hub is safe.
In a landmark ruling on February 4th, the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR) has condemned the expulsion of the Endorois
Co-authored by Zack Brisson & Laura Heaton
Four years ago, asking the President of the United States a meaningful question would have required serious power, uncommon access, or a lot of luck combined with being in the right place at the right time. Not anymore.
We're not tracking the Haiti earthquake ourselves, but here are a few links to those who are...
Google has received brickbats a-plenty for its stance in China, where, in order to be permitted to operate by the Chinese government, the search company agreed to censor particular "sensitive" search results - Tiananmen, Dalai Lama, democracy, human rights, and so on.
It's only a few days into the New Year, and the WITNESS team is already working hard around the world with our local partners, transforming powerful stories of human rights abuses into tools for justice through video. I would like to pause for a moment to take a look back at some of our successes in 2009, especially since many of you helped us get there.
NOTE: As part of my job here at WITNESS, I have watched more than 2,000 videos on the Hub alone since I joined the team in mid-2008. Different videos have stuck with me for different reasons - some visceral, others more rational. Selecting just ten of these - and you'll see I also snuck in a couple of extras - has been extremely hard. My criteria has been simply to choose those that I think are worth seeing, either because of their content, tactics, visuals, or because they have been inspiring to me personally. Also, I have deliberately not chosen videos that have already surfaced in our other Top 10 retrospectives. With that mind, this list is admittedly subjective and unscientific - even still, I hope you find little bits of value in these videos, as I did.
December 2009 marks the Hub's official two-year anniversary and we're looking back at the most popular videos, issues, campaigns, and blog posts since our launch. There's a lot to cover - the Hub is now home to 3,000 videos on a range of human rights issues from all around the world. Since 2007, more than 9,700 people have created accounts on the Hub, 177 organizations have created group pages, and Hub content has been viewed more than 8 million times. This list marks the most covered (and responded to) issues on the Hub - see more on our 2-year retrospective posts.
December 2009 marks the Hub's official two-year anniversary and we're looking back at the most popular videos, issues, campaigns, and blog posts since our launch. There's a lot to cover - the Hub is now home to 3,000 videos on a range of human rights issues from all around the world. Since 2007, more than 9,700 people have created accounts on the Hub, 177 organizations have created group pages, and Hub content has been viewed more than 8 million times. This list marks the most read posts on our blog - see more on our 2-year retrospective posts.
