Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders and their awards

To illustrate the increased use of video and images in the human rights world, just scroll down and get a feel of the amount and variety through some examples, mostly from the end of this year:

Human Rights Watch produced an end-of-year 2013 overview.

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is announces the latest issue of its weekly video news bulletin (episode number 10).

Amnesty International used a slick production to get attention for the fate of Syrian refugees in Europe (not explaining why other regions are not targeted by the way).

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights used this video to address the world on Human Rights Day 2013;

Inspirational resilience: Celebrating Human Rights Defenders in Eurasia | Freedom House.

On Human Rights Day, US-based Freedom House recognized the work of HRDs in the Eurasia region with a slide show on: Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan.

The International Service for Human Rights in Geneva presents its work with a video.

Human Rights First used YouTube to announce its fundraising live stream for the end of the year.

There are of course many more examples, quite a few referred to in this blog over the years, such as those of the MEA: http://www.martinennalsaward.org/ but  a special mention should be made of

the organisation Witness in the USA which has pioneered the use of video cameras in the hands of human rights defenders.

• “It’s human rights defenders that make human rights a reality” (thoolen.wordpress.com)
• Human Rights TV is coming: here one of the first steps in Asia (thoolen.wordpress.com)

This entry was posted on December 28, 2013 at 08:00 and is filed under AI, films, Freedom House, HRW, human rights, Human Rights Defenders, MEA, THF.

Tags: AHRC, AI, films, Freedom House, HRF, HRW, Human Rights Defenders, images, information overload, information technology, internet, ISHR, MEA, stories, True Heroes Foundation, UN, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, video, Witness, You Tube