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CENSORSHIP

November 2023


 * XI CRITIC WHO FLED 300KM ON JETSKI TO SOUTH KOREA WILL DIE IF SENT BACK TO
   CHINA, SAYS FATHER
   
   Published: 22 Nov 2023
   Xi critic who fled 300km on jetski to South Korea will die if sent back to
   China, says father


 * * ‘IT RISKS MISCARRIAGES OF JUSTICE’: MPS OPPOSE RAP LYRICS BEING USED AS
     EVIDENCE IN UK TRIALS
     
     Published: 22 Nov 2023
     ‘It risks miscarriages of justice’: MPs oppose rap lyrics being used as
     evidence in UK trials
   
   
   * REVEALED: PLAN TO BRAND ANYONE ‘UNDERMINING’ UK AS EXTREMIST
     
     Published: 4 Nov 2023
     Revealed: plan to brand anyone ‘undermining’ UK as extremist
   
   
   * MALAYSIA ISSUES ‘KILL SWITCH’ ORDER TO CUT CONTROVERSIAL CONCERTS
     
     Published: 1 Nov 2023
     Malaysia issues ‘kill switch’ order to cut controversial concerts
 * 


October 2023


 * CHINA SEEKS TO STIFLE PUBLIC GRIEF FOR FORMER PREMIER LI KEQIANG
   
   Censorship targets ‘overly effusive’ comments, gatherings or references to
   Li’s views on economic reform
   Published: 30 Oct 2023
   China seeks to stifle public grief for former premier Li Keqiang


 * SCHOLASTIC REVERSES DECISION TO SEPARATE BOOKS ON RACE, GENDER AND SEXUALITY
   
   After backlash, company will no longer separate catalog at school fairs,
   which allowed districts to opt out of diverse books
   Published: 25 Oct 2023
   Scholastic reverses decision to separate books on race, gender and sexuality


 * PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE LAUNCHES HIGH SCHOOLERS’ AWARD TO COMBAT BOOK BANS
   
   The publisher’s $10,000 Freedom of Expression prize invites teens to write
   about a banned book that changed their life, against a backdrop of rising
   censorship
   Published: 24 Oct 2023
   Penguin Random House launches high schoolers’ award to combat book bans


 * ‘A TRIUMPH OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION’: CENSORED ART MUSEUM OPENS IN SPAIN
   
   Barcelona gallery will feature works on religion, politics and consumerism
   that have been denounced, removed or attacked
   Published: 24 Oct 2023
   ‘A triumph of freedom of expression’: censored art museum opens in Spain


 * * PRO-PALESTINIAN VIEWS FACE SUPPRESSION IN US AMID ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR
     
     Published: 21 Oct 2023
     Pro-Palestinian views face suppression in US amid Israel-Hamas war
   
   
   * DRINK, LECHERY AND FELLATIO BY SNAKE: WAS THE RENAISSANCE A SEXUALLY
     SUBVERSIVE LOVE-IN?
     
     Published: 19 Oct 2023
     Drink, lechery and fellatio by snake: was the Renaissance a sexually
     subversive love-in?
   
   
   * SCHOLASTIC TO SEPARATE BOOKS ON RACE, GENDER AND SEXUALITY FOR BOOK FAIRS
     
     Published: 18 Oct 2023
     Scholastic to separate books on race, gender and sexuality for book fairs
   
   
   * INSTAGRAM USERS ACCUSE PLATFORM OF CENSORING POSTS SUPPORTING PALESTINE
     
     Published: 18 Oct 2023
     Instagram users accuse platform of censoring posts supporting Palestine
   
   
   * CHINESE PROGRAMMER ORDERED TO PAY 1M YUAN FOR USING VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK
     
     Published: 9 Oct 2023
     Chinese programmer ordered to pay 1m yuan for using virtual private network
   
   
   * GET ON THE BUS: BANNED BOOKS TOUR HITS THE ROAD, FROM NEW YORK TO TEXAS
     
     Published: 5 Oct 2023
     Get on the bus: banned books tour hits the road, from New York to Texas
   
   
   * CELLULOID COUNTER-REVOLUTION: A SALUTE TO THE UNDERGROUND FILM LOVERS OF
     IRAN
     
     Published: 4 Oct 2023
     Celluloid counter-revolution: a salute to the underground film lovers of
     Iran
   
   
   * IAN MCEWAN CRITICISES HIRING OF ‘SENSITIVITY READERS’ LOOKING FOR OFFENSIVE
     MATERIAL IN MANUSCRIPTS
     
     Published: 3 Oct 2023
     Ian McEwan criticises hiring of ‘sensitivity readers’ looking for offensive
     material in manuscripts

September 2023


 * NORTH CAROLINA BANS ‘BANNED BOOKS WEEK’ BUT RETRACTS AFTER MEDIA BACKLASH
   
   Charlotte-Mecklenburg school district publicly amends instructions to
   principals after the Daily Beast picks up story
   Published: 30 Sep 2023
   North Carolina bans ‘Banned Books Week’ but retracts after media backlash


 * GRAHAM GREENE WAS ‘READY TO GO TO JAIL FOR LOLITA’, SAYS VÉRA NABOKOV’S DIARY
   
   Newly published record of the struggle to get the controversial 1955 novel
   past censors adds ‘there could be no better reason’
   Published: 29 Sep 2023
   Graham Greene was ‘ready to go to jail for Lolita’, says Véra Nabokov’s diary


 * CHINA’S MANIPULATION OF MEDIA THREATENS GLOBAL FREEDOMS, SAYS US REPORT
   
   Censorship, data harvesting and purchases of foreign news outlets could lead
   to ‘sharp contraction’ of freedom of expression
   Published: 28 Sep 2023
   China’s manipulation of media threatens global freedoms, says US report


 * ‘A TOOL OF POLITICAL CONTROL’: HOW INDIA BECAME THE WORLD LEADER IN INTERNET
   BLACKOUTS
   
   For the past five years India has shut down the internet more times than any
   other country affecting over 120 million people
   Published: 25 Sep 2023
   ‘A tool of political control’: how India became the world leader in internet
   blackouts


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