Why I risked my life to expose a government massacre

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October 27, 2017 NEW ON TED.COM Why I risked my life to expose a government massacre 07:34 minutes · TED2017 A war zone can pass for a mostly peaceful place when no one is watching, says investigative journalist and TED Fellow Anjan Sundaram. In this short, incisive talk, he takes us inside the conflict in the Central African Republic, where he saw the methodical preparation for ethnic cleansing, and shares a lesson about why it's important to bear witness to other people's suffering. "Ignored people in all our communities tell us something important about who we are," Sundaram says. "A witness can become precious, and their gaze most necessary, when violence passes silently, unseen and unheard." Watch now »   Playlist Why we need brave journalists Eight reporters who've been arrested, shot at and threatened talk about why they continue to report in dangerous war zones, prisons, protest sites -- because otherwise, these stories will go untold. Watch » 9 talks · Total run time 1:48:05   Download the TED app

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