02 Aug 10 | Index Index, minipost, News and features
A ruling to ban YouTube and three online libraries in the Russian city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur will be enforced on 3 August. The video-sharing website will be blocked because of a nationalist video “Russia for the Russians,” which has been listed as extremist content. The online libraries (Lib.rus.ec, Thelib.ru and Zhurnal.ru) have been blocked for carrying Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf.
25 Jun 10 | Index Index, minipost
New Delhi’s Central Board of Film Classification has refused to certify the documentary Flames of the Snow. The body stated that any film which romanticises and promotes the violence of the Maoist groups in Nepal is inappropriate viewing for the general public. The feature documents over 200 years of relations between Nepalese rebels and the Indian establishment. The director of the film, Ashish Srivastava and its Kathmandu-based producers, Group for International Solidarity, intend to launch a campaign to oppose the banning. Another film entitled, Village of Widows, which features Benazir Bhutto vehemently criticising the Indian state and the burning of an Indian flag in Kashmir has also been censored by the authorities.
15 Jul 09 | Index Index, minipost
The Ukranian Culture and Tourism Ministry has banned distribution of Sacha Baron Cohen’s new comedy film Brüno on the grounds that it is “too controversial and likely to offend”.
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21 May 09 | Index Index, minipost
In a turn-around decision by Burmese authorities, officials have barred international observers including journalists and diplomants from the trial of Aung San Suu Kyi, a day after allowing them to attend. Read more here
