Sinai footage #1, via Wael Abbas

This video contains graphic footage of human rights abuses, viewer discretion is advised.

Egypt

Discrimination, Impunity, Indigenous peoples

Can you help end slave labor in rural Brazil?

Brazil

Bonded labor, Impunity, Slavery & forced labor

3 Ways You Can Take Action to Close Guantanamo

According to Time Magazine, only 23 of the roughly 250 people currently imprisoned at the Guantanamo Bay de...

United States

Arbitrary arrest, Detention, Torture/ill treatment

Saudi Activist on Hunger Strike: 'Fighting for freedom is worth the risks'

Dr. Mohammad Al-Qahtani joined several other activists this week in a 2-day hunger strike in Saudi Arabia to protest the unfair detention of 11 human rights activists....

Saudi Arabia

Arbitrary arrest, Detention, Freedom of opinion & expression

Saudi Activist: 'Why I joined the hunger strike...'

Maha Al-Qahtani joined several other activists this week in a 2-day hunger strike in Saudi Arabia to protest the unfair detention of 11 human rights activists....

Saudi Arabia

Arbitrary arrest, Detention, Freedom of opinion & expression

Roundup: Highlights this week on the Hub

On an exciting week, here are three highlights from the Hub:

Hungary, Russia, Saudi Arabia

Drugs & human rights, Elections, Freedom of opinion & expression

WITNESS/Hub is a WeMedia Game Changer Awards Finalist - help us win the Community Award!

We're excited to have been nominated in the Purpose category for the We Media Game Changers Awards, alongside some really remarkable projects.....

Global

Saudis Use Internet to Protest Unfair Detention of 11 Activists

"This is our silent invitation to the world," says one Saudi activist, "but can the world hear us?"....

Saudi Arabia

Arbitrary arrest, Detention, Freedom of opinion & expression

Obama: Commit to Human Rights in your first 100 days of office

Barack Obama's election victory is an opportunity to end the "seven-year assault on human rights by the U.S....

Global, United States