The phrase "collect testimony" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts such as legal proceedings, research, or investigations where gathering statements or evidence from witnesses or participants is necessary.
Example: "The investigator was tasked to collect testimony from all witnesses present at the scene of the incident."
Alternatives: "gather statements" or "obtain witness accounts."
Test scores, attendance and graduation rates will be examined, and public hearings will collect testimony from educators, parents and others.
Accused of colluding with mercenary killers to arrange executions for the benefit of his cameras, he went back to Africa to collect testimony to clear his name.
Credible efforts to collect testimony from the victim and witnesses so that the suspect can be prosecuted are almost unheard of.
But by the 1960s, attention to it was starting to grow with the publication of books like Elie Wiesel's "Night," the trial of Adolph Eichmann and other efforts to collect testimony of survivors.
After watching 23 hours of videotapes and helping collect testimony from about 600 witnesses, Ms. Alexeyeva is absolutely certain that the events on that day were a "provocation," a trap laid by the government to discredit a six-month-old protest movement that, in her view, Mr. Putin regarded as a personal offense.
A small group of Liberian refugees had gathered there to set in motion a grand project: Beginning next month, Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission will collect testimony on Staten Island, home to one of the largest populations of Liberians outside Africa, many of them survivors of 14 years of civil war.
They post songs on YouTube, produce merchandise, collect testimonies from members, and email assistants across the county.
However, the fact that Mexico did agree to allow a group of outside experts to collect testimonies and investigate the disappearances indicateswhat has changed since 1968.
And it is not enough to collect testimonies only from refugees in the government camps, as the State Department is beginning to do.
Human rights attorney Jacqueline Isaac traveled to war-stricken parts of Syria to collect testimonies from Yazidi girls that have escaped ISIS captivity.
Mr. Smith, the foundation's executive director, said he would like to collect testimonies from survivors of the violence in Darfur, Sudan, in hopes of helping bring that conflict to an end.
