regional issues for banned books in 2014

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Index on CensorshipBanned books, banned people – an international perspective

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• A brief history of Index on Censorship

• The international landscape: digital freedoms, offline repressions

• Writers under threat – 2014 cases in focus

"The solution to a book you don't like is to explain why you don't like it, point out its flaws, write your own book. It's not to get the book pulped because it offends you. even if you think it's bad. Especially if you think it's bad.” Neil Gaiman

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• India: Penguin pulps The Hindus: An Alternative History

• Kazakhstan: Aron Atabek placed in solitary confinement

• China: Hong Kong publisher sentenced

• Iran: censorship remains in place

• Journalism under threat: from Honduras to Turkey

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The importance of publishing.This year, Index has published writers including:Meltem ArikanLucien BourjeilyAriel DorfmanKaya Genc

“Never have we had more chances to communicate, more need to engage with one another, more technological horizons that could lead to a global community. And never before have we had more challenges and threats and surveillance conspiracies against free expression.” Ariel Dorfman, 2014

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Banned Books Week 2014 Charleston, SC

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ACLU’s 17th annual Banned Books Report

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“We're fine-tuning the MAS Texas Took Kit to help any K-12 teacher incorporate Mexican American Studies. This can range from implementing an entire curriculum to using one lesson plan for a particular unit or obvious time of year such as Hispanic Heritage Month.”

MAS Texas (www.mastexas.org)

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Veterano Placido Salazar of the Hector P. Garcia American G.I. Forum testfies at the Texas State Board of Education for support of Mexican American Studies.

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Librotraficante (librotraficante.com)

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“Every Week is Banned Books Week for Chicanos”

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