Witness Africa

10/08/2025

Dari persekusi, penyitaan, hingga penangkapan — mendokumentasikan aksi protes di Papua memiliki risiko besar. Rekam dengan aman, lindungi komunitasmu.

🎥 Bergabung bersama kami dalam peluncuran webinar “Merekam Protes di Papua” dan berdiskusi tentang bagaimana melakukan dokumentasi aksi protes secara aman dan etis.

🗓️ 14 Oktober 2025
🕑 13:00 WIT (Waktu Jayapura)
🔗 Tautan Pendaftaran: wit.to/wp_motion

Narasumber:
- Alforiani, LBH Papua Pos Sorong
- Dandhy Laksono, WatchDoc Documentary
- Novita Opki, aktivis Papua
- Kartika Pratiwi, WITNESS

08/29/2025

🚨 : Kami bersama mereka yang saat ini turun ke jalan untuk memperjuangkan keadilan dan demokrasi di Indonesia. Jika kamu merekam aksi, tetaplah aman dan lindungi diri.

📹Check panduan kami untuk merekam protes dan kebrutalan polisi dan militer di Indonesia: http://wit.to/RekamProtes 

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🔔Pengingat: Dalam beberapa waktu ke depan, kami akan menutup kanal ini. Untuk tetap mendapatkan kabar terbaru tentang kerja WITNESS di Asia-Pacific, ikuti kami di .

07/18/2025

Di seluruh Tanah Papua, perjuangan untuk keadilan terus berlangsung, namun sering dibungkam. Di tengah represi, upaya dokumentasi yang dipimpin oleh komunitas menjadi jalur penting untuk menjaga kebenaran, memori, dan perlawanan.

Blog terbaru oleh Yokbeth Fele, dengan kontribusi dari WITNESS, mengulas bagaimana aktivis dan komunitas Papua merebut kembali narasi mereka melalui video, pengarsipan akar rumput, dan solidaritas. Dari rekaman protes hingga festival film komunitas, upaya ini menantang impunitas dan menjaga ingatan kolektif.

📖 Baca selengkapnya: wit.to/DokumentasiPapua
English version: wit.to/BearingWitnessWP



JUBI Bernard Koten Papuan Voices Community Suara Grina

05/23/2025

🔺 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 (𝗧𝗪): 𝗩𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲.

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴.

🇧🇩 The historic July 2024 mass uprising in saw young people and students take to the streets, driven by their dreams for change and . Yet, their demands were met with a brutal response, marked by violence and abuses. Despite the army’s public pledge to avoid violence, protests intensified. But on 5 August 2024, just hours before ’s resignation, unarmed protesters were shot by a military unit.

At least one was killed by a bullet to the head. A collaborative investigation by Netra News & the Bangladesh Protest Archive (BPA) uncovers the truth. The BPA, an initiative by Activate Rights & WITNESS, documents state-led atrocities and preserves visual evidence of human rights violations.

Through this archive, we aim to collect and safeguard memories and evidence of human rights violations that occurred during protests, focusing primarily on . Ensuring that visual records are systematically preserved to serve as crucial evidence for future efforts both in Bangladesh and at the international level.

সেনাবাহিনী জনগণের উপর গুলি করবে না — সেনাপ্রধানের এমন বক্তব্যে আশ্বস্ত হয়ে রাস্তায় নেমেছিলো মানুষ৷ অথচ ৫ আগস্ট ২...

05/09/2025

🇵🇭🗳️ How do and threaten democracy in ?

In our recent workshop with Altermidya, we explored how these tools are weaponized—and how we can resist together.

🔗 Read the blog: https://blog.witness.org/2025/05/generative-ai-philippine-elections2025/



Foundation for Media Alternatives WITNESS

04/30/2025

🇵🇭 How can you safely document elections in the age of deepfakes and AI manipulation? What filming techniques help protect truth and integrity on the ground?

🤳 Our latest resource, Filming Tips for Documenting the Philippine Elections in the Age of AI, offers practical guidance on ethical documentation, digital security, and visual verification — developed in collaboration with human rights activists.

📥 Download the tipsheet: https://wit.to/FilmingElection_Phil_2025_EN

Global Voices Foundation for Media Alternatives Altermidya WITNESS

Developed in collaboration with human rights activists in the Philippines, this tipsheet helps you stay safe, ethical, and effective while documenting the 2025 elections — especially against the growing risks of AI manipulation and deepfakes. Learn how to verify footage, counter AI-generated disin...

04/27/2025

🌎 This , we’re spotlighting the power of video to fight environmental injustice.

🌱🎥 Whether it’s capturing pollution, land grabs, or deforestation, your footage can be a powerful tool for truth and justice.

📲 Download our Environmental Defense Guide to learn how to film safely, ethically, and effectively:

We at WITNESS recognize the great risks that environmental defenders take to stand up to power, and understand that the collection of visual evidence is only one strategy communities use to protect their environmental human rights. We hope to support this movement by sharing information and good pra...

04/15/2025

📬 Our latest Asia-Pacific newsletter is out! So much is happening across the region—updates, solidarity actions, and what’s ahead:

https://mailchi.mp/witness/standingstrong4humanrights-apac

03/17/2025

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UN Secretary-General António Guterres visited and the camps in Cox’s Bazar, reaffirming the UN’s commitment to peace, dialogue, and reform.

He assures that the stands ready to support the people and government of Bangladesh in building a sustainable, just, and prosperous future.

From strengthening democracy and fostering national unity to addressing the Rohingya crisis and advocating for humanitarian aid, his visit highlights the power of global solidarity.

Let’s work together for a future built on justice, dignity, and hope. ✊

03/09/2025

This , we need more than tech fixes—we need systemic, structural change to tackle the crisis of technology-facilitated gender-based violence ( ).

📑 WITNESS has submitted key recommendations to the United Nations Human Rights Council Advisory Committee, demanding accountability & survivor-centered solutions.

👓 Read more about our recommendations: https://blog.witness.org/2025/03/technology-facilitated-gender-based-violence/