A censorship saga about how the voices of republican leaders in Northern Ireland were banned by the British government.
Across Myanmar, the statues are vanishing one by one. Military-backed authorities blame “incorrect proportions and shapes”. Unofficially, analysts see a deliberate attempt to erase the presence of independence hero Aung San from public life – and with it, the legitimacy of the elected government the junta overthrew. Revered as the country’s founding father, Aung San founded its military, united its diverse ethnic groups and spearheaded the nationalist movement that ultimately wrested...
Gov't accuses IRIB of 'censorship' after parts of president's speech not aired; station rejects 'improper attributions'.
Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) says Hong Kong customs has stepped up scrutiny of “almost every book shipment” from the island, while a logistics company has separately told bookstores to ensure their orders would not breach the city’s national security laws. Independent bookstores and logistics companies also confirmed on Wednesday that customs had stepped up checks on book shipments from Taiwan in recent months. In a reply to the South China Morning Post, a spokesman for the Customs...
The killing of a dog and her puppies in Guangdong has sparked outrage inside and outside the country.
Authorities in disputed region are auditing school, college and public libraries to look for ‘objectionable’ material.
A Russian activist who spent years targeting opponents of the Kremlin before unexpectedly denouncing President Vladimir Putin and his Ukraine offensive was arrested on Friday, state media reported. Ilya Remeslo, 42, faces charges of “spreading fakes on the Russian army”, under censorship laws Moscow introduced when it sent troops to Ukraine, according to the TASS news agency. The charge carries a maximum penalty of up to 10 years in prison. Sergei Badamshin, named by independent media as his...
Police in Vietnam said on Wednesday they had arrested three executives of a publishing house that released a book on Ho Chi Minh, the revered founder of the country’s Communist Party. The author of Stories with Thanh - A New Account of Light, former telecoms executive Nguyen Thanh Nam, was arrested on anti-state charges in early July, along with an influencer who promoted the book on his social media channels. The book, which has been recalled by its publisher under pressure from authorities,...
An independent Hong Kong bookshop founded by journalists has announced that it will close on August 30, citing financial losses and “hard-to-grasp red lines”. In a statement posted on social media on Tuesday, the bookstore Have a Nice Stay said its decision was driven by the broader social environment, financial strain, staff development considerations, and the mental and physical well-being of its team and their families. The statement pointed to what it described as “hard-to-grasp red lines”,...
As the controversy surrounding the film and its removal continued unabated, political organisations, youth outfits and religious bodies have been organising public screenings of the film in villages and towns of Punjab
This decision follows coordinated operations in both Jammu and Delhi
Around 251 copies of these books were already circulated among the schools in J&K. The J&K administration said the introduction of these books was a result of “serious negligence, dereliction of duty and lack of proper due diligence”, and blamed the members of the Sub Committee, which approved it.
Political leaders, scholars and varsity professors object to the move citing self-censorship and interference of the state; order comes days after a book, that profiled Kashmiri separatist leaders, was circulated in J&K schools under the national Samagra Shiksha scheme.
The former Union Law Minister also cautioned that a sudden ban is likely to be counterproductive because more and more people will find ways to watch the film
The Centre will refer the film ‘Satluj’ to an inter-departmental committee for examination after its removal from ZEE5
Can the government legally order an OTT platform to remove a film? What are the legal safeguards? Can the blocking order remain confidential? What are the legal remedies?
The L-G’s move came days after a book, titled ‘Great Personalities and Legends of J&K’, profiled Kashmir separatist leaders
The film's troubled journey spans years of censorship disputes, court battles and an unexpected release on a streaming platform.
‘I am thankful that what we wanted to say and the way we wanted to say, it has been conveyed. It is your film and you can watch it the way you want to,’ he said
Directed by Honey Trehan, the film was earlier titled Punjab 95 and faced a long battle with the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC)
Chizi, one of China’s biggest stand-up comedians, has found a new stage after falling afoul of China's censors.
A viral YouTube video, a one-star review on a delivery app, a heated post on a parenting community – all of these will fall under the same legal standard in South Korea starting next Tuesday. The revised Information and Communications Network Act, widely known as the “fake news” law, introduces punitive damages for YouTubers with more than 100,000 subscribers and high-traffic TikTok accounts if they display what authorities define as “unlawful” content. Platforms such as Naver, Kakao, Google and...
The collision left holes on the side of the tower, but Beijing has scrubbed other visible traces of the incident.