Sources, best first
- Original documents and official data: constitutions, court rulings, census and statistics offices, UN agencies (OCHA, UNHCR, IOM, FAO, WFP), the World Bank and IMF.
- Academic books and journals, and long-standing country studies.
- Reputable media and research centres, at home and abroad.
- Encyclopedias, including Wikipedia, only as a backup or a lead to check.
Opinion pieces are marked as opinion. Where sources disagree, we say so and show both.
What we leave out
We do not publish claims we could not check. We name only groups, institutions and public figures. We never publish anything that could put a reader, volunteer or private person at risk.
Dates and review
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Fixing a page
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