censorship

Missouri educators withdraw illustrated edition of Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” after new state law on sexually explicit materials

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Missouri educators withdraw illustrated edition of Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” after new state law on sexually explicit materials

When an illustrated edition of Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” was released in 2019, educators in Clayton, Missouri, decided to include copies in high school libraries. The book is widely considered a classic work of dystopian literature and addresses themes of women’s oppression, presented in graphic novel form would help it reach teens struggling with … Read more

TEPJF rejects reviewing content of AMLO’s book “Thank you”

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TEPJF rejects reviewing content of AMLO’s book “Thank you”

Mexico City. The National Electoral Institute (INE) will not investigate the content of the most recent book by Andrés Manuel López Obrador – titled ¡ Gracias! – because doing so would incur prior censorship. This was agreed this Wednesday in the Superior Chamber of the Electoral Tribunal of the Judicial Branch of the Federation (TEPJF) … Read more

The US evaluates providing Internet to Cuba to circumvent Etecsa cuts in protests – 2024-04-03 15:39:33

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The US evaluates providing Internet to Cuba to circumvent Etecsa cuts in protests – 2024-04-03 15:39:33

Thanks to the efforts of lawyer Marcell Felipe and other members of the Cuban exile in the United States, there is the possibility that Cuba will have an alternative to receive Internet during the intentional cuts that Etecsa implements during demonstrations on the Island. According to what the jurist stated in the program “A Fondo”, … Read more

Television scandal rocks Canary Islands: Censorship and fraud exposed on live TV

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Television scandal rocks Canary Islands: Censorship and fraud exposed on live TV

“Management orders.” The presenter of the program Connect the Canary Islands, the afternoon magazine of Televisión Canaria, justified in this way live the abrupt interruption that he was ordered by production control to make to the journalist Francisco Pomares, a regular talk show host of the network, at the moment in which he was trying … Read more

44th Havana Film Festival: Clash of Speeches and Battle for Freedom of Expression

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44th Havana Film Festival: Clash of Speeches and Battle for Freedom of Expression

Two speeches faced each other like tips of an iceberg in the 44th edition of the Havana Film Festivalboth representatives of the dispute that has been taking place during the year between creators and officials, since the day the latter not only censored, but decided to kidnap and misinterpret the documentary on national television. Fito’s … Read more

Exploring the Taboo: The Museum of Banned Art in Barcelona

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Exploring the Taboo: The Museum of Banned Art in Barcelona

A museum is dedicated to “banned art” in Barcelona, ​​which includes works that were rejected, attacked, or removed from exhibitions, such as a statue of the late Iraqi President Saddam Hussein wearing underwear and tied inside an aquarium, or a work showing Ronald McDonald crucified, or drawings made by detainees in the Guantanamo prison. Announcement … Read more

European Commissioner Thierry Breton writes letter to Elon Musk regarding illegal content on social network X

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European Commissioner Thierry Breton writes letter to Elon Musk regarding illegal content on social network X

French European Commissioner Thierry Breton, who deals with the internal trade agenda in Ursula von der Leyen’s commission, also includes digital networks in his portfolio. That is why now, after the terrorist attacks on Israel, this very commissioner wrote a letter to the head of the social network X, Elon Musk. Questionnaire Is Europe in … Read more

Pro-Putin censorship. The Moscow Bolshoi Theater deletes names and cancels performances

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Pro-Putin censorship. The Moscow Bolshoi Theater deletes names and cancels performances

The director of the famous Moscow Bolshoi Theater (Bolshoi Theater) Vladimir Urin admitted that the repertoire of this stage is censored for political reasons. He stated, for example, that when some of the show’s creators spoke out unequivocally against the special military operation, as they officially call the war against Ukraine in Russia, the theater … Read more

Prague canceled the concert of Russian singer Anna Nětrebková. She complains about censorship

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Prague canceled the concert of Russian singer Anna Nětrebková. She complains about censorship

The organizers canceled the concert of the Russian opera singer Anna Nětrebková, which was supposed to take place on October 16 in Prague’s Municipal House. This was announced on Thursday afternoon by his boss Vlastimil Ježek and Alena Kunertová from the Nachtigall Artists agency, which organized the event. The singer called the political pressure to … Read more

The Extremist Label on Dinin-Marcinkevic’s Works: Transitioning from Dictatorship to Totalitarian Regime in Belarus

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The Extremist Label on Dinin-Marcinkevic’s Works: Transitioning from Dictatorship to Totalitarian Regime in Belarus

The prosecutor’s office also recognized the preface to the edition of Dinin-Marcinkevic’s works by literary critic Jazepa Januskevic as “extremist”. “What is happening is a transition from a dictatorship to a totalitarian regime. The people are being intimidated, classics that call for national resistance are being banned,” literary scholar Ales Paškevičs told AFP. The poems … Read more