[Foundation-l] [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2008 will happen in Alexandria, Egypt

Thu Mar 6 08:07:00 UTC 2008

On Tue, Oct 9, 2007 at 2:33 PM, Jimmy Wales <jwales at wikia.com> wrote:

> Brian wrote:
>  > If anything, Egypt needs Wikimania to be there to
> > facilitate the spread of information in order to counter these deeply
> rooted
> > biases. If you really want to spread information somewhere, the best
> > possible way is a physical presence.
>
> In honor of David's concerns, I have decided to make the title of my own
> talk at Wikimania 2008 "Free knowledge and human rights" and I will use
> this opportunity to speak out against censorship and other violations of
> human rights around the world, including examples from Egypt.
>
> --Jimbo
>
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