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The country has a vibrant future believes author Oliver Slow, despite the military junta's attacks on dissent. Censoring Roald Dahl is not the answer, just a problem. Rewording Dahl's classics sets a worrying precedent. Instead of censoring his works we should invest in …
Free speech & the law: Obscene Publications - Index on Censorship
Section 1 (1) of the Obscene Publications Act 1959 describes an “obscene” item as one that has the effect of “tending to deprave and corrupt” persons likely to read, see or hear it. This statutory definition is largely based on the common law test of obscenity, as laid down in the case of R v Hicklin 1868, namely:
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Full access to freedom of expression is difficult to achieve in the absence of universal education and literacy. Around the world, illiteracy and inadequate (or non-existent) education hits the poorest hardest – both because education is often private, and because in poor countries where it is provided by the state, the standard of education ...
Detained, blindfolded and threatened with death: a week in the …
This article was first published on 5 April 2022 and is being republished following confirmation of her death in Russian custody.. I was in Zaporizhzhia on the morning of 12 March. I wanted to get to Mariupol to write an article; I thought that I had to tell the truth from the blocked city.
Index on Censorship: The Global Magazine for Free Expression
The Autumn 2024 issue of Index examines how scientists to this day still face censorship, as in many places around the world, adherence to ideology stands in the way of scientific progress. We demonstrate how such nations crack down on scientific advancement, and lend a voice to those who face punishment for their scientific achievements.
Martin Bright, Author at Index on Censorship
Martin Bright has over 30 years of experience as a journalist, working for the Observer, the Guardian and the New Statesman among others. He has worked on several high-profile freedom of expression cases often involving government secrecy. He broke the story of Iraq War whistleblower Katharine Gun, which was made into the movie Official Secrets ...
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Kaya Genc is a contributing editor for Index on Censorship based in Istanbul. Kaya is a novelist and journalist whose work has been published in The New York Times, The Paris Review and The London Review of Books among others. He is has a PhD in English literature and his first novel, L’Avventura (Macera), was published in 2008.
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CLICK HERE FOR STOCKISTS AND SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS Don't Stop The Music! Read about the songs they tried to ban, the musicians stopped from playing live, and the singers who are put on trial, in the bumper SMASHED HITS issue of Index
The worst countries for religious freedom - Index on Censorship
Jan 3, 2014 · These countries not only suppress religious expression, they systematically torture and detain people who cross political and social red lines around faith. The worst of the worst are: 1. Burma. Burma’s population is 90 percent Theravada Buddhist, a faith the government embraces and promotes over Christianity, Islam and Hinduism.