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How fake news and misinformation are stirring ethnic tensions in Afghanistan

November 29, 2018

In Afghanistan, deliberate disinformation circulated by authorities and poor media practices are fuelling hate speech.

On November 25, hundreds of Hazara demonstrators took the streets of Daykundi, Bamiyan, Mazar-e Sharif, Herat, Ghor and Kabul to protest against the arrest of the militia commander Alipoor, whose forces have been fighting Taliban militants across central Afghanistan. From Global Voices

Topic, claim, or defense
Hate Speech
Freedom of Expression