National Geographic’s Camera Phone Book
Could be worth checking out…. Plus it’s got a photo essay on Williamsburg shot with cellphone camera. http://www.cellular-news.com/story/22645.php “By combining photography with communications, [the...
View ArticleFair use in UGC / Legal threats database
The Citizen Media Law Project has come out with two excellent resources in the last week, both of which are going to be tools for the Hub: 1. “A report entitled “Fair Use Principles for User Generated...
View ArticleTake 60 seconds to watch this – and then pass it on
See video on the Hub here. The post Take 60 seconds to watch this – and then pass it on appeared first on WITNESS Blog.
View ArticleAmnesty International's "Unsubscribe" campaign video
Amnesty International’s UK section has released its Unsubscribe Campaign video, and it’s visceral and powerful. Andy Carvin has an interview with the team behind the videos here (as Andy says on his...
View ArticleHabermas, Rheingold and the Internet as public sphere
The upcoming World Electronic Media Forum includes a session called “Explosion and Fracturing of Public Sphere“, featuring my old boss, James Deane (alongside Aida Opoku Mensah of the Economic...
View ArticleNewAssignment.net’s 6 lessons
Another nugget via Andy Carvin – I’d welcome comments on how this might look different when applied to the Hub: Jay Rosen of NewAssignment.net is talking about some of the lessons learned from their...
View ArticleFree To Speak (on BBC World Service)
[Slight changes below, after a second look at the project…] For me, the 2002 series I Have A Right To… still represents a good benchmark for how the BBC’s World Service can knit together human rights...
View ArticleWael Abbas’ YouTube channel suspended [UPDATED – 29 Nov 07]
News just in from Hossam El-Hamalawy…: I’ve just received the following message from blogger and friend Wael Abbas… disaster: youtube disables my account claiming there were complaints about my police...
View ArticleEgypt videos back up at the Hub
As I mentioned in my last post, a number of the Egypt police brutality videos at the Hub had been embedded from Wael Abbas’ YouTube account. When his account was suspended, these videos on the Hub...
View ArticleWhat really happened in the Burma internet “shut off”? [via John Palfrey]
Next Monday, December 10, is International Human Rights Day, and it seems a good moment do our bit to make sure we don’t forget Burma. COHRE (the Center on Housing Rights and Evictions) has posted two...
View ArticleA brief chat with The Elders for International Human Rights Day…
If you haven’t come across The Elders already, you will soon – not least because we are partnering with them on their Every Human Has Rights campaign. On Sunday morning I sat in on a conference call...
View ArticleInternational Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest (via H-Net)
Received this morning via H-Net listserv: Title: International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest, 1500-Present Description: Call for Essay Contributions — […] This eight-volume, 5,000-page,...
View ArticleHuman Rights at Debatepedia
Debatepedia (developed by the International Debate Education Association) is looking to become the Wikipedia for debate… There’s an overarching human rights category, as well as sections on business,...
View ArticleKenya in crisis: a search for citizen cameras…
The crisis in Kenya may ultimately stem from a democratic failure, corruption and tribalism, or poverty and inequality, but either way, evidence of brutal violence continues to emerge, both in terms of...
View ArticleGuest post: Eric Tars' Latest Dispatch from Geneva
Eric Tars is a staff attorney at the National Law Center for Homelessness and Poverty (NLCHP), which works to prevent and end homelessness by serving as the legal arm of the US movement to end...
View ArticleOn the Seesmic rooftop with Loic Le Meur…
A brief dispatch from San Francisco, where yesterday I spent some quality time with Loic Le Meur, Cathy Brookes and VinVin at Seesmic. As well as a quickfire exchange with users on Seesmic – some of...
View ArticleBahrain: video testimony of abuses
As the latest Editor's Picks on the Hub show, evidence is emerging of continuing abuses against individuals and human rights defenders in Bahrain. Through these testimonies (in Arabic) individuals...
View ArticleGoogle unmuzzles itself in China
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...
View ArticleHaiti earthquake – video and resources
We're not tracking the Haiti earthquake ourselves, but here are a few links to those who are... The post Haiti earthquake – video and resources appeared first on WITNESS Blog.
View ArticleNew Collaboration with YouTube on The Power of Human Rights Video
This is the first in an occasional blog series about human rights video. We are pleased to be collaborating with Steve Grove, Head of News & Politics at YouTube on the series. The original post,...
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