Wikipedia as an important source to learn about human rights violations

Publish Date:29 July 2020

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Wikipedia can serve as an important source to learn about human rights violations – Caroline Garske and Noa Richard edited Wiki article on hate speech cases in Poland and here’s what Caroline’s thoughts are on contributing to Wiki: ‘Wikipedia is such an important source of knowledge and information and it feels very empowering to have acquired the tools needed to improve, diversify, and strengthen public information that is so widely used. Now that I’ve learned this skill, I feel like knowledge I have can contribute to the broader public knowledge.’
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The HIA Poland Fellowship is supported by the EVZ Foundation and U.S. Embassy Warsaw. It holds the honorary patronage of the Polish Commissioner for Human Rights. Media patronages: ngo.pl, Halo.Radio, Magazyn Kontakt, Organizacje społeczne. To działa.

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