Just over a month after France enacted a controversial face-veil ban, the government says it has detained several dozen women wearing the veils, but that enforcing the legislation appears to be going smoothly. From Paris, Lisa Bryant takes a look…
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France Detains Several People Enforcing Veil Ban
Tagged with: All Articles, Banned, censorship, Civil Rights, Claude Guéant, France, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of speech, French nationality law, General Censorship, Government, Human Rights and Liberties, Incompetence, Intellectual Freedom, Muslim, Newsworthy, Nicolas Sarkozy, Niqāb, Osama bin Laden, Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport, Politics
Posted in Human Rights, Religious Censorship
Posted in Human Rights, Religious Censorship
Mother’s Complaint Prompts Paradise Valley School Officials to Remove Book (Video)
Tagged with: All Articles, American Library Association, Banned, Book Banning, Booklist, Books, books, censorship, Censorship in America, Education, First Amendment, First Amendment to the United States Constitution, Free Speech, Freedom of speech, Freedom of the Press, General Censorship, Hilary Lockhart, Human Rights and Liberties, Intellectual Freedom, Lovingly Alice, Paradise Valley Unified School District, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Quail Run Elementary School, School Library Journal, Stupidity!, United States, United States Constitution
Posted in Uncategorized
Posted in Uncategorized
Censorship — 30 Movie, Literature and Performance Censorship Landmarks
1. Movie censorship began in 1894 when a peep show featured a belly dancer named Fatima. The show shocked audiences and the producer was forced to paint a white bar across the film to prevent the audience from seeing her…
Tagged with: Adult Film Association of America, All Articles, Art, art, Arts, Banned, big brother, Book Banning, Books, books, censorship, Censorship in America, Corporate Censorship, FCC, Film, film, First Amendment to the United States Constitution, Free Speech, Freedom of speech, General Censorship, Government, Government, Images, Intellectual Freedom, Motion Picture Association of America film rating system, MPAA, Obscenity, Photography, Politics, Television, The Devil in Miss Jones, Tipper Gore, United States, United States Constitution, Virginia Rappe
Posted in Corporate Censorship
Posted in Corporate Censorship
NCAC and FAP Send Letter To Marin Civic Center re: Nudes Censorship
Source: National Coalition Against Censorship (Blog) As blogged earlier this week, admins at the Marin Civic Center censored a painting of a nude female from an annual art show because an employee claimed it constituted sexual harassment. This morning, NCAC…
Tagged with: All Articles, Art, arts advocacy project, Banned, because of the children, California, censorship, First Amendment, First Amendment to the United States Constitution, General Censorship, Hostile work environment, marin civic center, Marin County California, Marin County Civic Center, National Coalition Against Censorship, Newsworthy, nudes in the news, nudity, Painting, paintings, political correctness gone mad, Politics, sexual harassment, silvia cossich goodman
Posted in Uncategorized
Posted in Uncategorized
China Baffled by Support for Imprisoned Activist Ai Weiwei
Source: VOA The Chinese government says it is unhappy with international support for detained artist and activist Ai Weiwei. The latest rebuke of international criticism about China’s crackdown on dissidents comes on the same day European Commission Vice President…
Tagged with: Ai Weiwei, All Articles, Art, art, Arts, Banned, Beijing National Stadium, big brother, censorship, China, Chinese people, General Censorship, Government, Government, Government of the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, Human Rights and Liberties, Intellectual Freedom, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, Newsworthy, Politics, United States
Posted in Human Rights
Posted in Human Rights
France’s Veil Ban Goes Into Effect
Source: VOA – By Lisa Bryant France becomes the first country to enforce a ban against the niqab, or Muslim face veil Monday, when new legislation comes into force. Friday prayer service at Fraternite — or Brotherhood – Mosque…
Tagged with: All Articles, Aubervilliers, Banned, big brother, censorship, France, Freedom of speech, General Censorship, Government, Government, Human Rights and Liberties, Intellectual Freedom, Islam, Mosque, Muslim, Newsworthy, Nicolas Sarkozy, Politics, Sub-Saharan Africa, Union for a Popular Movement
Posted in Human Rights, Religious Censorship
Posted in Human Rights, Religious Censorship
US State Dept: Corruption, Censorship Plague Bulgaria
Source: Sofia News Agency – http://www.novinite.com and http://www.sofianewsagency.com Original Article Found Here Bulgaria is still plagued by chronic corruption and problems with free speech, according to the US Department of State‘s 2010 report on the state of human rights. The…
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Posted in Human Rights, Religious Censorship
Posted in Human Rights, Religious Censorship
Huck Finn Once Again Becomes “Slave” to Censorship
Source: My High School Journalism – By Michelle Robertson – Acalanes H.S. 219. That’s the number of times the word “nigger” appears in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. In 219 instances, this six-letter word is tucked into the novel’s pages,…
Tagged with: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, All Articles, Banned, big brother, Book Banning, Books, books, censorship, Censorship in America, Education, First Amendment, First Amendment to the United States Constitution, Free Speech, Freedom of speech, General Censorship, Government, Government, History, Intellectual Freedom, Newsworthy, Nigger, Of Mice and Men, Politics, Stupidity!, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Color Purple, To Kill a Mockingbird, Tom Sawyer, United States, United States Constitution, Use of the word "Nigger"
Posted in Uncategorized
Posted in Uncategorized
Jailed Cameroonian Musician Fights for Freedom of Expression
Source: VOA – By One of Cameroon‘s best known and most controversial musicians, Lapiro de Mbanga, is spending this year’s fifth annual International Music Freedom Day at a Douala courthouse not far from his jail cell. Lapiro is citing…
Tagged with: Africa, All Articles, Banned, big brother, Cameroon, censorship, Censorship of music, Douala, Freedom of speech, FreeMuse, General Censorship, Government, Human Rights and Liberties, Intellectual Freedom, Music, Music Censorship, Newsworthy, Nigeria, Paul Biya, Politics, United States
Posted in Human Rights
Posted in Human Rights
Today is Music Freedom Day
Source: care2.com – By Kristina Chew Imagine a world without music. Or—something I think would be just as bad—imagine a world in which there is music but you can choose none of it. Or, a world in which you have…
Tagged with: All Articles, Art, Arts, Banned, big brother, censorship, Censorship of music, Concerts and Events, Education, Festivals, Free Speech, Freedom of speech, FreeMuse, General Censorship, Government, Government, Human Rights and Liberties, Imagine, Intellectual Freedom, Music, Music, Newsworthy, Politics, Radio
Posted in Human Rights
Posted in Human Rights
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