Book bans are on the rise in U.S. schools, fueled by new laws in Republican-led states. (Headline – LA Times)
Yet who among us would speak up for the right to publish and sell books anywhere, let alone in our...
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Category: Censorship
Digital Repression In The Middle East And North Africa (and beyond)
Bear in mind that Qatar is being singled out lately because of the imminent football (soccer)...
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Kuwait amends censorship law for books, but many questions remain unanswered
Prior to the new law a 12-member censors committee met twice a month and decided which books would...
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IPA President Hugo Setzer calls out censorship as Turkey's Istanbul International Book Fair opens with hopes to top 1 million visitors
Organized by TÜYAP Fairs in partnership with the Turkish Publishers Association, the 38th Istanbul...
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Brazil’s Jaraguá do Sul Book Fair says it cannot guarantee the safety of guest speakers amid death-threats
Banned books at book fairs is nothing new, and we are mostly eager to condemn such practices, in...
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Has the Kuwait book ban been overturned?
The just-ended Kuwait Book Fair attracted a lot of unwelcome international attention this year...
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New import duties on books hits Iraqi publishing sector. Some claim it's censorship by taxation
Iraq has enjoyed relative publishing freedom in recent years, but there are signs that might be...
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The Arab Renaissance set back by worsening censorship in Kuwait. Dostoyevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov among 1,000 titles banned at Kuwait Book Fair
After the resounding success of the Sharjah International Book Fair in the UAE, extolling a...
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Kurdistan’s 13th Erbil Int. Book Fair reminds us censorship is a balancing act, not a line in the sand
38 books have been prevented from sale at the 13th Erbil International Book Fair in Iraq’s...
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It’s Banned Books Week. Spare a thought for a French book banned in Italy this year
The winner of the Prix Albert Londres 2018 will be announced in Istanbul on October 22. Yes, a...
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2020 World Book Capital's censorship double standards: It’s one rule for Malay titles and another if the book is in English
There were many raised eyebrows this past week when UNESCO declared Kuala Lumpur would be the...
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