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Latest in Tag: censorship
Fighting for internet freedom
By Vinton Cerf The internet empowers each one of us to speak, create, learn, and share. Today, more than two billion people are online — about a third of the planet. The internet has become one of the motors of the 21st century economy, allowing all of us to reach a global audience at a …
Media controversy continues
Another TV anchor investigated, accused of “contempt of religion”
Satirical play targeted by censors
Concerns over freedom of expression in Egypt rise
Minister of culture intervenes in film censorship dispute
Minister promises that film about religious discrimination can be made without changes
Vietnam jails three bloggers for ‘anti-state propaganda’
The defendants will have to serve 3-5 years under house arrest after they complete their prison sentences
Jordan passes law restricting internet freedom
New online media laws to increase censorship in Jordan
Journalists protest perceived MB influence
security forces confiscated issues of Al-Dostour on Saturday morning
El Hangar Theatre issues apology to group cancelled for political content
The apology was prompted by the controversial cancelling of the performance scheduled for this evening widely understood to be caused by some controversial content
Censors ban screening of ‘taboo’ interfaith love story
By AFP LUXOR: Egyptian filmmakers and critics denounced the authorities on Monday for blocking the screening of a “taboo” film about a love story between a Christian woman and a Muslim man. “We denounce the fact that censorship authorities have prevented the screening of Hesham Issawi’s ‘Cairo Exit’ at the Luxor African Film Festival,” dozens …