B'Tselem and the "Shooting Back" Project - Interview with Oren Yakobovich
By: Sameer Padania
Posted: Jul 21 08
Witnessed: 746 times
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Oren Yakobovich is Director of Video at B'Tselem, the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories. In this interview, Oren talks about "Shooting Back", an innovative new initiative launched by B'Tselem to equip families in the West Bank with cameras to document the human rights abuses they face on a daily basis. Click the links below to find out more...
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