Md. Zakira Hekmat, Afghan Refugees Solidarity Association Founder and President, participated as a speaker in the panel titled 'Racism Fueled by the Pretext of the Earthquake' presented by the Komün TV Program Producer Tuncay Özdemir on the live YouTube broadcast of Komün TV on 15th of February at 9 pm. In the program, it was discussed that after the earthquake disaster, the allegations involving information pollution, distortion and targeting against refugees and immigrants in the earthquake region and surrounding provinces multiplied on social media, triggering social chaos, conflict and polarization. It was mentioned that mechanisms to prevent hate speech should be taken especially in times of crisis.

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