Iran’s controlling interest
Ahmad Rajabzadeh’s ‘Book Censorship’ is a guide to some of the stranger examples of literary repression in Iran. Azar Mahloujian takes a look
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A word to the unwise
This is a guest post by Candice Holdsworth
As part of its annual Banned Books awareness week, the American Library Association this week held a number of events promoting the right to free expression within the literary arts. Looking through the list of Frequently Challenged Books, it would seem that even in the 21st century, in seemingly liberal societies, intolerance remains prevalent and many authors are still threatened with censorship of their work, particularly if it is deemed “offensive” by those with partisan perspectives.
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PEN Canada
The PEN American Center is part of International PEN. It is an association of writers working to advance literature, defend free expression, and foster international literary fellowship.
Observatory for the Freedom of Press, Publishing and Creation in Tunisia (OLPEC)
The Observatory for the Freedom of Press, Publishing and Creation in Tunisia was set up as a monitoring body with the goal of tracking all forms of media and literary censorship, as well as censorship of other forms of artistic expression. Its aim is to identify, document and make public censorship of these various forms of expression.