Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.” United Nations, Universal Declaration of Human Rights
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Nelson Mandela
“In time we hate that which we often fear.” William Shakespeare
“Real dialogue isn’t about talking to people who believe the same things as you.” Zygmunt Bauman
“Tweet others the way you want to be tweeted.” Germany Kent
Online hate speech is a worrying and complex phenomenon, which has deep cultural and social roots and brings new questions and challenges to the issue of freedom of expression on the web.
Only a collective commitment at the cultural and educational level can be the basis to counter it, promoting at the same time freedom and participation.
Silence hate aims at combating and preventing online hate speech against migrants and refugees by developing new and creative counter-narratives. An European media camp, training courses, workshops and media productions will involve journalists, activists, teachers and young people in Belgium, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Poland and United Kingdom. Moreover an online campaign covering the entire life of the project and national events will communicate and disseminate the activities and the results to the public.
Art has helped fight hatred in various forms and in different historical eras, and I hope it will continue to do so. Chiara Fazi, visual artist In recent years, hate
On 13 December 2019 in Bologna took place the final conference held for Silence Hate EU-funded project by Centro Zaffiria. Within the meeting “Adolescenti in immagini: videogiochi, fotografia e app:
The 29th of November took place the final polish conference for the project Silence Hate – Changing words changes world. Over 70 people, youth, teachers, journalists, and non-Governmental organization workers
On Thursday 28/11/2019 at the Serafio Hall in Athens took place Karpos final event for the European program ”Silence Hate, changing words changes the world” involving 6 European partners. Karpos
Marianna Karakoulaki from Thessaloniki collected some stories about LGBT refugees arrived in Greece, seeking asylum for finally live their sexuality in freedom. Their interviews, nevertheless, reveal the difficulties met in
Since online hate speech is a worrying and complex phenomenon, which has deep cultural and social roots and brings new questions and challenges to the issue of freedom of expression
