Bearing witness through civic media

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Bearing witness through civic mediaSanjana Hattotuwa

TED Fellow alumnFounding Editor, www.groundviews.org

A different history: April to July 2012

380+ pages, 3195 tweets on issues incl. war crimes allegations, human rights abuses, racism, corruption, religious extremism

Presidential spokesman, politicians, local journalists, citizens, diaspora, US State Dept, foreign correspondents, UN system, HR orgs

Silence, engagement and corrections

Thank yousanjanah@gmail.com