I encountered a slew of great human rights multimedia online today.
In the realm of video, Global Voices and Witness have partnered to create the Human Rights Video Hub, an educational archive meant to raise awareness, education and direct people to take action on human rights issues. You can read more about it here. Global voices has taken some submissions and created a video blog to help advertise the project. Here's a taste of the types of video currently available:
The first video shows interviews with protestors in Zimbabwe who were abused by police during a peaceful demonstration. The demonstrators were calling for "antiretroviral (ARV) drugs for the treatment of HIV, a minimum wage,
and stabilisation in the prices of basic commodities."
The second video documents police in China also breaking up a peaceful demonstration with violence. The video was taken on a cellphone and appeared on Chinese video sharing sites. After it was censored from those sites, the video made its way to YouTube.
For more information about both videos, read the Human Rights Hub Blog.
The videos on Human Rights Video Hub all deal with human rights violations abroad, but what about Human Rights here at home? Glad you asked.
A vast majority of Americans are unaware of the
Universal Declaration - even though they support many of the rights that it
codifies. We went around New York City asking folks what human rights meant to them. Click on the video to watch a sampling of rhe responses we received.
If you are unfamiliar with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, or looking educate people about human rights, check out these audio recordings of the Declaration in 21 different languages.
Listen in English.
(16 min.)
This reading isn't jam-packed with excitement, but maybe its
a little more accessable to ordinary folks.
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