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About Sameer Padania
I manage the Hub project at WITNESS, and I am looking forward to seeing how the Hub community grows and takes ownership of the site...
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Regions: Global
Sameer Padania
Feb 9 10
Kenya: Landmark Ruling on Indigenous Land Rights [UPDATED]
In a landmark ruling on February 4th, the African Union has condemned the expulsion of the Endorois
Regions: Kenya
Issues: Indigenous peoples, Minorities
Sameer Padania
Feb 4 10
Haiti Earthquake - video and resources
We're not tracking the Haiti earthquake ourselves, but here are a few links to those who are...
Regions: Haiti
Issues: Humanitarian, Natural disasters
Sameer Padania
Jan 13 10
Google unmuzzles itself in China
Google has received brickbats a-plenty for its stance in China, where, in order to be permitted to operate by the Chinese government, the search compa...
Regions: China, United States
Issues: Corporations and human rights, Freedom of opinion & expression
Sameer Padania
Jan 13 10
Twitter defeats newspaper gagging order
Here's a remarkable video showing a Twitter revolt in action:
Regions: Great Britain
Issues: Corporations and human rights, Freedom of opinion & expression
Sameer Padania
Oct 13 09
Interview with Karim Chrobog, director of War Child
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Regions: Sudan
Issues: Child soldiers, Genocide
Sameer Padania
Aug 6 09
Witnessed: 4313 times
video "War Crimes and The White House" - The 2001 Dasht-e-Leili Massacre
This explosive video comes hot off the press from Physicians for Human Rights, and accompanies James Risen's story in today's New York Times alleging ...
Regions: Afghanistan, United States
Issues: Armed conflict, Torture, War crimes
Sameer Padania
Jul 11 09
HRWIFF 2009 - Festival Round-up [UPDATED with new links]
WITNESS has a proud history of participating in, supporting and even awarding prizes at film festivals, but we've never tried to cover a film festival...
Regions: Global, United States
Sameer Padania
Jul 9 09
Xinjiang: Protests continue into third day
Xinhua is reporting that more than 150 people have died in the clashes in Urumqi since 5th July, and more than 1,000 have been injured.
Regions: China
Issues: Discrimination
Sameer Padania
Jul 7 09
Multimedia Reporting - Behind the scenes at a MediaStorm workshop
As part of our work at WITNESS we conduct trainings preparing advocates to be able to shoot, edit and distribute video for effective human rights advo...