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I would like to start

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with the story of Mary,

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a woman from an African village.

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Her first memories

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are of her family fleeing violent riots

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orchestrated by 
the ruling political party.

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Her brother was murdered
by the state-sponsored militia,

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and she was raped more than once

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just because she belonged
to the wrong party.

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One morning, a month before the election,

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Mary's village was called 
to another intimidation meeting.

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In this meeting, there is a man
standing in front of them,

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telling them, "We know who you are,

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we know who you will vote for,

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and if you're not going
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we're going to take revenge."

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But for Mary, this meeting is different.

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She feels different.

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This time, she's waiting for this meeting,

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because this time, she's carrying
a small hidden camera in her dress,

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a camera that nobody else can see.

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Nobody is allowed to film
in these meetings.

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You risk your life if you do.

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Mary knows that, but she also knows
that the only way to stop them

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and to protect herself and her community

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is to expose their intimidation,

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to make sure they understand
somebody is following them,

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to break the impunity they feel.

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Mary and her friends were filming
for months, undercover,

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the intimidation of
the ruling political party.

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(Video) ["Filmed with hidden cameras"]

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Man: We are now going to speak
about the upcoming elections.

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Nothing can stop us 
from doing what we want.

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If we hear you are with [The Opposition]

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we will not forgive you.

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["Militia intimidation rally"]

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[The Party] can torture you at any time.

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The youth can beat you.

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["Disruption of political meeting"]

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For those who lie, saying they 
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your time is running out.

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["Party youth militia"]

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Some have died because they rebelled.

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Some have lost their homes.

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If you don't work together 
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you will lead a very bad life.

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Oren Yakobovich: These images
were broadcast all over the world,

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but more importantly,

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they have been broadcast
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The perpetrators saw them too.

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They understood somebody
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They got scared. Impunity was broken.

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Mary and her friends forced
the ruling political party

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not to use violence during the election,

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and saved hundreds of lives.

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Mary is just one of hundreds of people

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that my organization had helped 
to document human rights violations

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using cameras.

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My background should have
led me to a different direction.

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I was born in Israel
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and as long as I remember myself,

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I wanted to join the Israeli army
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and prove what I believed 
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I joined the Israeli army 
just after the first intifada,

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the first Palestinian uprising,

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and I served in one of the hard-minded,

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toughest, aggressive infantry units,

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and I got the biggest gun in my platoon.

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Quite fast, I became an officer

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and got soldiers under my command,

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and as time passed, I started
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and I saw these images.

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I didn't like what I saw.

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It took me a while,

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but eventually I refused
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and had to spend time in jail.

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It was a bit —

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(Applause) —

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It was not that bad, I have to say.

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It was a bit like being in a hotel,
but with very shitty food.

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(Laughter)

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In jail, I kept thinking 
that I need people to know.

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I need people to understand

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what the reality
in the West Bank looks like.

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I need them to hear what I heard,

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I need them to see what I saw,

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but I also understood, we need 
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the people that are suffering,

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to be able to tell their own stories,

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not journalists or filmmakers
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I joined a human rights organization,

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an Israeli human rights 
organization called B'Tselem.

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Together, we analyzed the West Bank

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and picked 100 families that
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close to checkpoints, near army bases,

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side by side with settlers.

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We gave them cameras and training.

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Quite fast, we started getting
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about how the settlers 
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I would like to share with you
two clips from this project.

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Both of them were broadcast in Israel,
and it created a massive debate.

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And I have to warn you,

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some of you might 
find them quite explicit.

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The masked men you 
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are Jewish settlers.

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Minutes before the camera was turned on,

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they approached a Palestinian family

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that was working their land

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and told them that they
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because this land belongs
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The Palestinians refused.

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Let's see what happened.

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The masked men that are approaching
are Jewish settlers.

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They are approaching
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This is a demonstration in the West Bank.

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The guy in green is Palestinian.

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He will be arrested in a second.

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Here you see him
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In a few seconds, he regrets 
he came to this demonstration.

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He's been shot in the foot
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He is okay.

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Not all the settlers and the soldiers
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We're talking about a tiny minority,
but they have to be brought to justice.

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These clips, and others like them,

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forced the army and the police
to start investigations.

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They've been shown in Israel, of course,

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and the Israeli public
was exposed to them also.

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This project redefined
the struggle for human rights

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in the occupied territories,

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and we managed to reduce the number 
of violent attacks in the West Bank.

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The success of this project
got me thinking

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how I can take the same methodology
to other places in the world.

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Now, we tend to believe that today,

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with all of the technology,

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the smartphones and the Internet,

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we are able to see and understand
most of what's happening in the world,

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and people are able to tell their story —

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but it's only partly true.

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Still today, with all
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less than half of the world's population

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has access to the Internet,

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and more than three billion people —

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I'm repeating the number —

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three billion people are consuming news
that is censored by those in power.

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More or less around the same time,

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I'm approached by a great guy
named Uri Fruchtmann.

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He's a filmmaker and an activist.

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We understood we were
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and we decided to establish Videre,
our organization, together.

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While building the organization in London,

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we've been traveling undercover to places

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where a community 
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where mass atrocities were happening,

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and there was a lack of reporting.

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We tried to understand how we can help.

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There were four things that I learned.

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The first thing is that we have to engage

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with communities that are
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where violations are happening
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We need to partner with them,

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and we need to understand which images
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and help them to document them.

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The second thing I learned

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is that we have to enable them 
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Security has to be the priority.

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Where I used to work before,
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one can take a camera out,

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most likely not going to get shot,

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but in places we wanted to work,

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just try to pull a phone out,
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This is why we decided

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to take the operation undercover

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when necessary,

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and use mostly hidden cameras.

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Unfortunately, I can't show you
the hidden cameras we're using today —

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for obvious reasons —

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but these are cameras we used before.

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You can buy them off the shelf.

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Today, we're building 
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like the one that Mary was wearing

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in her dress to film
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of the ruling political party.

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It's a camera that nobody can see,

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that blends into the environment,

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into the surroundings.

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Now, filming securities go beyond
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Being secure starts way before
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To keep our partners safe,

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we work to understand
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and of every shot before it's happened,

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building a backup plan
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and making sure 
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before our operations start.

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The third thing I learned
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You can have an amazing shot of atrocity,

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but if you can't verify it,
it's worth nothing.

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Recently, like in the ongoing war 
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we've seen images that are staged 
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This misinformation destroyed
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and it's harmed the credibility of other
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We use a variety of ways to make sure
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and we can trust the material.

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It starts with vetting the partners,

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understanding who they are,
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How do you film a location?

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You film road signs, you film watches,

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you film newspapers.

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We are checking maps, looking at maps,

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double-checking the information,

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and looking also at 
the metadata of the material.

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Now, the fourth and the most
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is how you use images 
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To have an effect,

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the key thing is how you use the material.

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Today, we're working
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filming undercover.

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We work with them both to understand 
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and which images 
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who are the ones that are 
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and when to release the material
to advance the struggle.

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Sometimes, it's about
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mostly local ones, to create awareness.

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Sometimes it's working
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to change laws.

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Sometimes, it's working with lawyers
to use as evidence in court.

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the most effective way
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is to work within the community.

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I want to give you one example.

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Fatuma is part of a network of women
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Women in her community
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on their way to school
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They are trying to change 
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In the next clip,

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Fatuma is taking us with her
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Her voice is superimposed
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using hidden cameras.

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(Video) Fatuma Chiusiku: 
My name is Fatuma Chiusiku.

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I'm 32 years old, a mother,

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And Ziwa La Ng'Ombe is my home.

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Each morning, I ride the mini-bus

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Number 11.

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But instead of a peaceful journey to work,

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each day begins with fear.

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Come with me now

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and use my eyes

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to feel what I feel.

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As I walk, I think to myself:

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Will I be touched?

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Grabbed?

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Violated by this conductor again?

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Even the men inside

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the way they look at me

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touch my body, rub against me,

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grab me,

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and now, as I sit in my seat

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I only wish my mind was full
of thoughts for my day,

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my dreams, my children at school,

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but instead I worry about
the moment when we will arrive

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and I will be violated again.

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OY: Today, there is a new front
in the fight for human rights.

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I used to carry a big gun.

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Now, I am carrying this.

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This is a much more powerful
and much, much more effective weapon.

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But we have to use its power wisely.

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By putting the right images
in the right hands at the right time,

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we can truly create an impact.

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Thank you.

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(Applause)

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Thank you.

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(Applause)