Corbis Donates $15,000 to Human Rights Organization WITNESS; Donation to Support Documentation of Worldwide Human Rights Abuses on Video.Business/News Editors SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 19, 2001 Corbis(R) (www.corbis.com), the world's leading provider of photography and fine art, today presented $15,000 to human rights organization WITNESS, whose mission is to support the documentation of human rights abuses around the world. Leslie Hughes, Corbis President, Markets and Products Group, presented the check to WITNESS. "We are pleased to make this meaningful donation," said Hughes. "It represents our overall efforts to support human rights organizations that are using photography and technology to share their messages." The donation was presented at Corbis' New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of headquarters and was received on behalf of WITNESS by Sam Gregory, Witness Program Coordinator. "Corbis' donation will help provide human rights groups worldwide with the video equipment, training and strategic support they need to use video technology as a new tool to fight human rights violations," said Gillian Caldwell, Executive Director of WITNESS. "This is important because it is through these images that WITNESS partners around the world can capture the eyes of the international community, and inspire those who see to act." WITNESS was co-founded by artist Peter Gabriel Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950, in Chobham,[1] Surrey, England) is an English musician. He first came to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis. After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career. and works with over 150 partner groups from 50 countries to use video film to overcome political, economic and physical barriers and to expose human rights abuses to the world via television, grassroots advocacy and Internet broadcasting Internet Broadcasting (formerly Internet Broadcasting Systems), or IBS, is a provider of television station web sites. IBS hosts over 70 local stations' sites, and co-produced NBCOlympics. . Partner groups reveal human rights violations that go unnoticed and unreported -- to their governments and communities, to international tribunals and UN committees, and to TV viewers worldwide via outlets like the BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. , CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. , ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. , Court TV and Worldlink Satellite Television. About Corbis Corbis Corporation--The Place for Pictures Online(TM)--is the definitive destination for photography and fine art in the digital age. With 65 million images--2.1 million on line--it is the leading provider of digital images to the creative professional markets, business and consumer markets. Headquartered in Seattle, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , London, Paris and Dusseldorf, the privately owned company has approximately 1,200 employees worldwide. For more information about Corbis and its products and services, call 1-800-260-0444 or 425/641-4505, fax 425/746-1618, or visit the Web site at www.corbis.com. About WITNESS WITNESS advances human rights advocacy through the use of video and communications technology Noun 1. communications technology - the activity of designing and constructing and maintaining communication systems engineering, technology - the practical application of science to commerce or industry . In partnership with non-governmental organizations and activists, WITNESS strengthens grassroots movements for change by providing video technology and assisting its partners to use video as evidence before courts and the United Nations, as a tool for public education, and as a deterrent to further abuse. WITNESS also gives local groups a global voice by distributing their video to the media and on the Internet, and by helping to educate and activate an international audience around their causes. For more information, visit us at www.witness.org. Corbis is either a registered trademark or trademark of Corbis Corporation in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and/or other countries. |
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