General information

Call No.:

392-2-2:17/1

Part of series

HU OSA 392-2-2 Video Recordings of WITNESS: WITNESS Partners' Raw Footage: WITNESS interviews

Located at

DVD-ROM #17 / No. 1

Digital ver. identifier

HU OSA 392-2-2_017

Date of production

1996-06

Date

1996

Level

Item

Primary Type

Moving image

Language

English, French

Duration

51 min.

Notes

Witness Offices: New York City [Footage: Raw; Partners: WITNESS]

Content

Form/Genre

Raw material

Contents Summary

Witness interview with exiled President of the African Association for the Defense of Human Rights (ASADHO), Guillaume Ngefa Atondoko, who speaks about the current situation in Congo/Zaire, the extermination of Hutu refugees in eastern Congo, the threats to his life which forced him to flee Congo/Zaire, and the need to hold all violators of human rights accountable or else risk creating a culture of impunity.|He comments on how he has been using the Witness cameras for human rights education, while also using it to document human rights violations in hopes of using the footage as evidence in court. He mentions that he is targeted and harassed for engaging in human rights advocacy.

Context

Associated Names

WITNESS (Copyright holder)