Posted on November 22, 2007 by Sameer Padania
News just in from Hossam El-Hamalawy…:
I’ve just received the following message from blogger and friend Wael Abbas…
disaster: youtube disables my account claiming there were complaints about my police torture videos!!!
This is un-bloody-believable. YouTube has just disabled probably the most important channel for the Egyptian blogosphere. Wael’s videos have been central in the fight against [...]
Filed under: Freedom of speech, Human Rights, Journalism, Legal issues, The Hub, Video | Tagged: blogs, egypt, freedom of expression, Freedom of speech, icfj, Journalism, police, police brutality, torture, wael abbas, waelabbas, youtube | 3 Comments »
Posted on November 20, 2007 by Sameer Padania
[Slight changes below, after a second look at the project...]
For me, the 2002 series I Have A Right To… still represents a good benchmark for how the BBC’s World Service can knit together human rights resources of real and lasting value - and that others can use and build on.
Now, the World Service is celebrating [...]
Filed under: Freedom of speech, Human Rights, Journalism, Media | Tagged: bbc, broadcasting, derechos humanos, droits humains, freedom of expression, history, Human Rights, Journalism, Media, participation, world service | No Comments »
Posted on November 15, 2007 by Sameer Padania
Another nugget via Andy Carvin - I’d welcome comments on how this might look different when applied to the Hub:
Jay Rosen of NewAssignment.net is talking about some of the lessons learned from their first networked journalism experiment with Wired News, which focused on trends in crowdsourcing. He said there were six lessons, but he threw [...]
Filed under: Blogging, Journalism | Tagged: crowdsourcing, distributed effort, newassignment | No Comments »
Posted on November 15, 2007 by Sameer Padania
The upcoming World Electronic Media Forum includes a session called “Explosion and Fracturing of Public Sphere“, featuring my old boss, James Deane (alongside Aida Opoku Mensah of the Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and Sharmini Boyle of Young Asia TV).
This Howard Rheingold piece (hat-tip, Ethan Z) is a must-read prior to that, particularly the last [...]
Filed under: Human Rights, Panel discussion | Tagged: communications, habermas, internet, public sphere | No Comments »
Posted on November 15, 2007 by Sameer Padania
Amnesty International’s UK section has released its Unsubscribe Campaign video, and it’s visceral and powerful.
Andy Carvin has an interview with the team behind the videos here (as Andy says on his blog: “Be forewarned that it’s very unsettling, and not at all appropriate for children.“):
Filed under: Human Rights, Video, Video Advocacy | Tagged: advert, amnesty international, campaign, rendition, torture, unsubscribe me, viral | No Comments »
