Oren Yakobovich: Hidden cameras that film injustice in the world’s most dangerous places
אורן יעקובוביץ': מצלמות נסתרות שמצלמות חוסר צדק במקומות הכי מסוכנים בעולם
Videre co-founder Oren Yakobovich wields the latest covert recording technology to expose and subvert violent oppression. Full bio
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the ruling political party.
by the state-sponsored militia,
to the wrong party.
to another intimidation meeting.
standing in front of them,
to drop the right paper,
a small hidden camera in her dress,
מצלמה נסתרת קטנה בשמלה שלה,
in these meetings.
that the only way to stop them
שהדרך היחידה לעצור אותם
somebody is following them,
for months, undercover,
the ruling political party.
about the upcoming elections.
from doing what we want.
מלעשות מה שאנחנו רוצים.
are back with [The Party],
ואומרים שהם בחזרה עם [המפלגה],
with [The Party],
were broadcast all over the world,
התמונות האלו שודרו בכל רחבי העולם,
back to the community.
is following them.
the ruling political party
to document human rights violations
led me to a different direction.
להובל אותי לכיוונים אחרים.
to a right-wing family,
to serve my country
כדי לשרת את המדינה
was our right for the whole land.
הזכויות שלנו לכל הארץ.
just after the first intifada,
ממש אחרי האינתיפאדה הראשונה,
serving in the West Bank,
to serve in the West Bank
but with very shitty food.
אבל עם אוכל ממש גרוע.
that I need people to know.
in the West Bank looks like.
the Palestinians themselves,
שאנחנו צריכים שהפלסטינאים עצמם,
that are coming outside of the situation.
שבאים מחוץ למצב.
organization called B'Tselem.
are living in the most risky places:
שחיות באזורים הכי מסוכנים:
very disturbing images
and the soldiers are abusing them.
two clips from this project.
שני קליפים מהפרוייט הזה.
and it created a massive debate.
find them quite explicit.
will see in the first clips
have to leave the land,
to the Jewish settlers.
are Jewish settlers.
the Palestinian family.
blindfolded and handcuffed.
עם כיסוי עיניים ואזיקים.
he came to this demonstration.
with a rubber bullet.
are acting this way.
but they have to be brought to justice.
אבל הם מוכרחים להיות מובאים לצדק.
to start investigations.
was exposed to them also.
the struggle for human rights
את המאבק לזכויות אדם
of violent attacks in the West Bank.
ההתקפות האלימות בגדה המערבית.
got me thinking
to other places in the world.
למקומות אחרים בעולם.
most of what's happening in the world,
רוב מה שמתרחש בעולם,
the technology we have,
that is censored by those in power.
שמצונזרות על ידי בעלי הכוח.
named Uri Fruchtmann.
thinking along the same lines,
our organization, together.
was suffering from abuses,
living in rural areas,
far from the public eye.
are not making it out there
לא מצליחות לצאת משם
to film in a safe way.
להם לצלם בדרך בטוחה.
in the West Bank,
and you're dead — literally dead.
ואתם מתים -- באמת מתים.
the hidden cameras we're using today —
המצלמות הנסתרות בהן אנחנו משתמשים היום ---
a custom-made hidden camera,
ביצור עצמי,
the intimidation meeting
using hidden cameras.
מעבר לשימוש במצלמה נסתרת.
the activist is turning the camera on.
שהאקטיביסט מפעיל את המצלמה.
the risk of every location
if something goes wrong,
we have everything in place
is the importance of verification.
it's worth nothing.
היא לא שווה כלום.
in Syria or the war in Gaza,
בסוריה או המלחמה בעזה,
or brought from a different conflict.
או שהובאו מקונפליקט אחר.
the credibility of the source,
reliable and trustworthy sources.
אמינים ומהימנים אחרים.
we can verify the information
כדי לדאוג שנוכל לוודא את המידע
and working with them very intensively.
באופן מאוד אינטנסיבי.
אתם מצלמים שעונים,
the metadata of the material.
important thing I learned
to create a positive change.
with hundreds of activists
the situation on the ground
את המצב על הקרקע
are missing to describe it,
influencing the situation,
to advance the struggle.
putting it in the media,
with decision makers,
to use as evidence in court.
לשימוש בבית משפט כראיות.
to create a social change
that are fighting abuses in Kenya.
שנלחמות בהתעללות בקניה.
have been harassed constantly
and on their way to work.
the behavior of the community from inside.
של הקהילה מבפנים.
on her journey to work.
on images that she filmed herself
My name is Fatuma Chiusiku.
of thoughts for my day,
מלא במחשבות על היום שלי,
the moment when we will arrive
in the fight for human rights.
and much, much more effective weapon.
וזה הרבה, הרבה יותר אפקטיבי.
in the right hands at the right time,
בידיים הנכונות בזמן הנכון,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Oren Yakobovich - Human-rights activistVidere co-founder Oren Yakobovich wields the latest covert recording technology to expose and subvert violent oppression.
Why you should listen
Using recording technology -- some of it so secret you haven’t heard of it yet -- Videre connects with activists deep within the most repressive regimes to video-document human-rights abuses and expose them to worldwide scrutiny. Yakobovich believes that only action by the oppressed communities themselves will temper the worst excesses of their authoritarian governments.
Videre's name comes from the Latin expression "videre est credere" -- to see is to believe. Previously, Yakobovich (together with Israeli watchdog group B’Tselem) initiated the camera documentation project, which delivered hundreds of cameras to Palestinians to expose the daily realities of life in the West Bank.
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