Witness (human Rights Group)
WITNESS is a human rights non-profit organization based out of Brooklyn, NY. Its mission is to partner with on-the-ground organizations to create videos that document human rights violations and their consequences, in order to further public engagement, policy change, and justice. Witness has partnered with more than 300 human rights groups in over 80 countries.
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What love sincere and reverence in my heart
I bear thee, and unweeting have offended,
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