[Repost] Launch of the ‘TERRESTRIALS UNITED’ campaign by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

https://www.ohchr.org/en/get-involved/campaign/terrestrials-united

Art has always been about taking up space. Saying something exists. Saying someone is here. 

Hate speech tries to undo that. It targets people for who they are and tells them they don’t belong. Online and off, it is one of the most powerful tools of dehumanisation we have ever built. 

Extermination doesn’t start with bombs or camps. It starts with words. With hate. With deliberate steps to make people seem less than human.

TERRESTRIALS UNITED is a collaboration between artist Jamie Hewlett and UN Human Rights to push back against hate speech, online and everywhere. 

This campaign launched on 18 June, the International Day for Countering Hate Speech — and stays, because tomorrow hate speech will still be here. And so will we, working to end it. 

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