‘There are more people working on censoring the Internet than developing it’
The successes of Harun Yahya show just how easy it is to shut down web discussion in Turkey, writes Yigal Schleifer
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Burmese magazine censored
The October issue of monthly satirical magazine Pyaw Pyaw Shwin Shwin has been postponed after the censor board rejected a quarter of its contents.
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Azerbaijan goes to polls with weakened media
President Aliyev’s tight grip on the press has severely damaged his country’s democracy, writes
Vugar Gojayev
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Respect for religion makes censorship the norm
When publishers are too intimidated to print even novels that may offend, it shows how far we’ve lost our way on free speech, writes
Jo Glanville
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