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Censorship in South Asia can apply to books, movies, the Internet and other media. Censorship occurs on religious, moral and political grounds, which is controversial in itself as the latter especially is seen as contrary to the tenets of democracy, in terms of freedom of speech and the right to freely criticise the government.
Censorship by country
Bangladesh
Several books of Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin have been banned in Bangladesh and West Bengal [1].
In June 2006, the government of Bangladesh issued a restraining order preventing Sigma Huda, U.N. special rapporteur on trafficking in persons, from leaving the country to deliver a key report on trafficking before the Human Rights Council in Geneva on June 11, 2007. [2] U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour has asked Bangladesh to clarify corruption charges against a U.N. human rights investigator, which will prevent her from addressing the main U.N. rights body. [3] The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women issued a statement calling this "an outrage and a violation of her right to freedom of movement and freedom of speech." [4]
India
Several books critical of religion have been banned in India or in parts of India as a precautionary measure to prevent riots or other form of violence. India was the second country in the world to ban The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie. The book Understanding Islam through Hadis by Ram Swarup was also banned.
Pakistan
In early March 2006, the government temporarily had all websites hosted at the popular blogging service Blogger.com blocked. Millions of websites from all over the world are hosted at blogspot, along with thousands of Pakistani ones. This step by the government is possibly due to the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy, as some blogspot websites put up copies of the cartoons.
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka has blocked Tamilnet as it is seen as a Pro-LTTE news website. Further the government spokesman has said that he is looking to hire hackers to disable Tamilnet. Tamilnet has been producing news about the Sri Lankan civil war focusing in the North and the East of the country.[1] [2] [3]
See also
All films banned as rated as "Adults Only" in Sri Lanka from August 2009. "Aksharaya" By Asoka Handagama in Sri Lanka from 2008.*Salman Rushdie
References
- ^ "Popular Tamil website 'blocked'". BBC News. 2007-06-20. Retrieved 2007-06-21..
- ^ "Sri Lanka seeks hackers to down pro-Tiger website". Retrieved 2007-06-21. [dead link].
- ^ "Sri Lanka seeks hackers to down pro-Tiger website". Retrieved 2007-06-21..
External links
- India
- Sri Lanka
