Peter Gabriel fights injustice with video

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Musician and activist Peter Gabriel shares his very personal motivation for standing up for human rights with the watchdog group WITNESS -- and tells stories of citizen journalists in action.

Musician Peter Gabriel is the co-founder of WITNESS, which distributes digital cameras to empower people to document human-rights abuses. A founder of the band Genesis, Gabriel is now a solo artist and record mogul, championing world music and innovation. Full bio »

The dream is a world in which anyone who has anything bad happen to them has a chance of getting their story uploaded, being seen, being watched.” (Peter Gabriel)

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