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February 14th, 2007

Caught On Camera: Human Rights Video on GV

Sameer Padania · 10:11 · Middle East & North Africa , South Asia

It has been a bumper few weeks on GV for human rights video, so let's get straight into it... Bandh of brothers... [via Neha] This footage, filmed by Dinesh Wagle, of United We Blog!, shows motorcycle riders being turned backed by members of the National Federation of Nepal Transport Entrepreneurs in Kathmandu. ... 5 comments · read »

January 16th, 2007

Caught On Camera: Human Rights Videos on GV

Sameer Padania · 11:00 · East Asia , South Asia

You'd be forgiven for thinking it's been Saddam, Saddam, Saddam, in recent weeks, but GV has covered other human rights videos that deserve a bit of limelight - so, in this regular new feature, I'm going to round up the best of those recent stories. Something for WITNESS's Amazon Wishlist [via ... 5 comments · read »

January 6th, 2007

Saddam execution video re-ignites death penalty debates worldwide

Sameer Padania · 18:59 · Middle East & North Africa , Sub-Saharan Africa

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Over the past four months, we've tried to feature and contextualise videos we felt should be seen and debated by a wider audience. Today's featured human rights video is something completely new. You may be one of the millions who have sought it out online - or you ... 29 comments · read »

December 18th, 2006

GV Summit Delhi ‘06 Session Four: Tools and Technology

Sameer Padania · 16:24 · South Asia

The room is alive with post-coffee buzz, as this session, led by Salam Adil and Preetam Rai, tries to get under the skin of the tools and technology that would broaden out the range of people writing and reading blogs worldwide. In Salam’s twist on GV’s tagline, The world is ... 3 comments · read »

December 9th, 2006

Egypt: Bloggers open the door to police brutality debate

Sameer Padania · 13:47 · Middle East & North Africa

'Extraordinary rendition' has passed into common parlance over the last year as human rights organisations have accused the US government of exporting suspects to be tortured in regimes like Egypt, Morocco and Syria. But while cases involving international suspects get the headlines, these countries are regularly cited by human ... 17 comments · read »

November 24th, 2006

China: Videos emerge of clashes between police and students in Jiangxi

Sameer Padania · 13:59 · East Asia

Hot on the heels of the Chinese government's claim of a 22.1% reduction in "mass incidents" (read "protests"), here's some more video of "mass incidents" from China, in case you missed this portion of John Kennedy's latest Beijing bulletin: Backing up to China late last month, students at one technical college ... 4 comments · read »