South America

Enchaines par Promesses: L'Esclavage Contemporain Dans Les Campagnes du Bresil (Extraits)

WITNESS Media Archive — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:36:51 -0800

Running Time: 03:51 min.

The video above contains excerpts from "Bound by Promises."

Colombian Army Kills Husband of Indigenous Leader

Priscila Néri — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:17:01 -0800

UDHR60: Adelaida Trujillo Caicedo, La Iniciativa de Comunicacion / Citurna Films

Sameer Padania — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:08:35 -0800

Adelaida Trujillo is a Colombian film-maker, and also directs the Latin American arm of the Communication Initiative.
She answers our question, "What image opened your eyes to human rights?" by talking about the impact on her film-making of seeing child soldiers in the jungle, and how images of kidnappings in Colombia began to awake Colombian society from passivity.

UDHR 60: What image opened your eyes to human rights?

UDHR60: Jaime Abello Banfi, Fundacion Nuevo Periodismo Iberoamericano

Sameer Padania — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 11:59:49 -0800

Jaime Abello is the Director of the Fundacion Nuevo Periodismo Iberamericano, a Colombian journalism training organisation. For Jaime, the image that opened his eyes to human rights is the image seared in the minds of an entire generation of Colombians - the storming of the Palace of Justice in November 1985.

UDHR60: Jaime Abello Banfi, Fundacion Nuevo Periodismo Iberoamericano

Sameer Padania — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 11:46:45 -0800

Audio - Justicia Now

Darkhorse — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:48:28 -0800

This is the soundtrack song to the film Justicia Now. Although it was written about the indigenous peoples of Ecuador, it covers all indigenous peoples of the worlds struggle for rights to lands they have inhabited for thousands of years. “Justicia Now!” is a recently completed documentary about ChevronTexaco's toxic legacy in the Northern Ecuadorian region of the Amazon rainforest - and a courageous group of people called Los Afectados (The Affected Ones) who are seeking justice for the ensuing cancer, sickness and death in the largest environmental class action lawsuit in history.

UDHR 60th Anniversary: Nubia Rosa (in Portuguese & English)

Priscila Néri — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 08:21:44 -0800

For 16 years, WITNESS has harnessed the power of video to advance human rights. In honor of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10th, we're asking our friends and partners to answer the following question:

What image opened your eyes to human rights?
Was it an image or video that gave you hope, or did it show you how much further we needed to go and inspire you to take action?

UDHR60: Catalina Botero Marino, InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights

Sameer Padania — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:12:50 -0800

Catalina Botero, the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression at the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights, answers the question "What image opened your eyes to human rights?"
Catalina talks about a live television broadcast that has remained with her since she was 20.
For more about the IACHR, click here.

UDHR 60th Anniversary: Tamaryn Nelson (in English & Portuguese)

Tamaryn Nelson WITNESS — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:33:44 -0800

What image opened your eyes to human rights?
Was it an image or video that gave you hope, or did it show you how much further we needed to go and inspire you to take action?

UDHR 60th Anniversary: Kelly Matheson

Priscila Néri — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:34:32 -0800

What image opened your eyes to human rights?
Was it an image or video that gave you hope, or did it show you how much further we needed to go and inspire you to take action?