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Musician and activist Peter Gabriel explains the personal motivation behind his work with human-rights watchdog WITNESS, and shares stories of citizen journalists in action.
About Peter Gabriel
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... Read full bio »
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