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Profile picture for: Youri van der Weide Youri van der Weide

Youri is an open source researcher and trainer for Bellingcat. He has worked on a wide variety of topics including human rights abuses in Africa, migration in the Eastern Mediterranean, arms exports by EU countries, and research into new open source research tools and methods.

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Unmasking Maskov: How Bellingcat Found a Man Outfitting Russian Neo-Nazis
  • Far-Right
  • Russia

Unmasking Maskov: How Bellingcat Found a Man Outfitting Russian Neo-Nazis

Barsalogho Massacre: How Defensive Trenches Became a Mass Grave
  • Burkina Faso
  • Geolocation

Barsalogho Massacre: How Defensive Trenches Became a Mass Grave

Houthi-Controlled Port Receives Vessel from Occupied Crimea After UN Inspection Body Grants Clearance
  • Russia
  • Ship Tracking

Houthi-Controlled Port Receives Vessel from Occupied Crimea After UN Inspection Body Grants Clearance

The Young Man in The Blue Shorts: Execution-Style Killing Inside a Nigerian Military Barracks 
  • Geolocation
  • Human Rights

The Young Man in The Blue Shorts: Execution-Style Killing Inside a Nigerian Military Barracks 

Examining Videos of Suspected Ukrainian Riflemen in Sudan
  • Geolocation
  • Sudan

Examining Videos of Suspected Ukrainian Riflemen in Sudan

Chronolocation: Determining When a Photo was Taken Using Facebook, Google Street View and Assorted Tiny Details
  • Chronolocation
  • Social Media

Chronolocation: Determining When a Photo was Taken Using Facebook, Google Street View and Assorted Tiny Details

Five Kilometres of Destruction: Satellite Imagery Reveals Extent of Damage to Civilian Convoy in Burkina Faso
  • Burkina Faso
  • Satellite imagery

Five Kilometres of Destruction: Satellite Imagery Reveals Extent of Damage to Civilian Convoy in Burkina Faso

France Targeted ‘Terrorists’ with a US-Made Bomb in Mali. Witnesses Say They Hit a Wedding
  • Airstrikes
  • Drones

France Targeted ‘Terrorists’ with a US-Made Bomb in Mali. Witnesses Say They Hit a Wedding

Using the Sun and the Shadows for Geolocation
  • Chronolocation
  • Geolocation

Using the Sun and the Shadows for Geolocation

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