Profile: Chris Michael

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Hello and welcome to the Hub - the global channel for human rights.

Here you can find and upload human rights-related videos and groups working to create change.  

Join us - it's free and easy. 

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~chris

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Mobile Phones Document Police Killing Unarmed Man - Oakland, California

As new information surfaces, I will update this post.  In the meantime, please forward this post and videos far and wide and join the calls for...

United States

Impunity, Juvenile justice, Police brutality

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Is water a human right?

"There is enough water for human need, but not for human greed." - Mahatma Gandhi 

Global

Food & health & development, Sustainable development, Water

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Open Call for Hub Interns & Volunteers

WITNESS uses video and online technologies to open the eyes of the world to human rights violations....

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UDHR60 Spotlight: Freedom of Speech in Sri Lanka & Lack Thereof

What image opened your eyes to human rights?  This is a question that we posed here on the Hub, online (YouTube and Facebook, primarily) and with o...

Sri Lanka

Freedom of opinion & expression, Independence of the judiciary, Torture/ill treatment

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Facebook: Online Privacy & Security Tips from Chris Kelly

This interview, which was done at Howcast's Youth Summit, is with Chris Kelly, Facebook's Chief Privacy Officer....

Corporations and human rights, Freedom of opinion & expression

Witnessed: 352 times

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Coming from BoingBoing? Welcome...

Hello and welcome to the Hub.  We want to send a huge thanks to Xeni Jardin and team at BoingBoing for their work to highlight WITNESS and the powe...

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What image opened your eyes to human rights?

UPDATE (12.24.08): This video has been viewed over 350,000 times and had over 1,000 video and text responses....

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Using Facebook et al. to Create Change - Tips, Suggestions and a New, Magical Tool

Facebook has proven to be a powerful online organizing tool for a variety of causes in a wide range of places, from Bogota and Cairo to Durban and W...

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B'Tselem Video Shows Israeli Police Head-Butting Unarmed Woman and Man

For years, B'Tselem, the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, has been harnessing the power of video in it's wor...

Israel, Palestine

Internally displaced persons, Police brutality, Violence against women

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