2023:Program/Submissions/#Editing_Wikipedia_is_not_crime about Wikipedians who imprisoned for editing Wikipedia - 8XJLCY
Title: #Editing_Wikipedia_is_not_crime about Wikipedians who imprisoned for editing Wikipedia
Speakers:
Ibrahim Elaidy
Co-founder of Egypt Wikimedians user group and Admin at Arabic Wikipedia, Volunteer on Wikipedia and various Wikimedia projects since 2009. I have been involved in organizing many activities of the Wikimedia Foundation in Egypt and has participated in many conferences since 2014.
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Type: Poster session
Track: Legal, Advocacy, and Risks
Submission state: submitted
Duration: 5 minutes
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Presentation language: en
Abstract & description
Abstract
2022 has been a very tough year for Wikipedia editors. 4 editors (2 from Saudi Arabia and 2 from Belarus) were arrested and sentenced to several different years in prison for editing Wikipedia. I designed a big group poster with slogan #Editing_Wikipedia_is_not_crime and we will ask the conference participants to sign on it to show them moral support.
Description
Osama Khalid and Ziyad Alsufyani imprisoned in December 2022, Mark Bernstein imprisoned in March 2022, Pavel Pernikaŭ imprisoned April 2022, The charge against them is editing Wikipedia and now they are paying for it, to show them some moral support and that we support human rights and support their cause I designed a group poster and the conference participants will sign on it.
Further details
Qn. How does your session relate to the event themes: Diversity, Collaboration Future?
about Diversity and Collaboration
Qn. What is the experience level needed for the audience for your session?
Everyone can participate in this session
Qn. What is the most appropriate format for this session?
Onsite in Singapore
Remote online participation, livestreamed- Remote from a satellite event
- Hybrid with some participants in Singapore and others dialing in remotely
- Pre-recorded and available on demand
