Arthur Umbgrove De wederafbouw van de satire

De censuur is terug. Sinds de aanslagen op Theo van Gogh en Charlie Hebdo is er geen cabaretier meer die een grap durft te maken over de profeet Mohammed, omdat iedereen weet dat er altijd wel een labiele geest rondloopt die martelaarschap verwart met rechtvaardigheid. Daarnaast voelen steeds meer mensen zich gediscrimineerd of gekwetst en eisen zij het recht op niet geridiculiseerd te worden. Zo wordt humor langzaam maar zeker naar de randen van de samenleving geduwd. Satire en haar instrument humor...

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Nederlands, 54 pagina's (ePub2, 1,8 MB), Em. Querido's Uitgeverij BV, Amsterdam, 2021

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Sylvana van den Braak A fri wortu

censuur in Suriname

Het vrije woord (Fri Wortu) is geen gemeengoed in Suriname. Sylvana van den Braak laat zien hoe, na de militaire coup in de jaren 1980, een periode van censuur en dictatuur begon. Ondanks democratische verkiezingen probeert de overheid nog steeds, op zijn eigen speciale manier, de media te beïnvloeden. Het bedrijfsleven gaat daarin mee. Daarnaast maken de kleinschaligheid van de gemeenschap van Suriname en de onderlinge relaties de weg vrij voor zelfcensuur. De waarheid kan alleen worden gehoord...

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Nederlands, 73 pagina's (ePub2, 1,1 MB), Eva Tas Foundation, 's-Gravenhage, 2017

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Fréderike Geerdink Bans, jails and shameless lies

censorship in Turkey

Press freedom in Turkey is a hot topic. If a (well known) journalist is detained, prosecuted or sacked in Turkey, the news is covered in full in many Western countries. Nevertheless, many articles and reports reveal only a part of what really happens: they tell the story of the journalist, newspaper or TV broadcaster involved, but not that of the underlying mechanisms. No wonder: these are not easy to explain in a paragraph or two, or in two or three minutes. On the one hand, the lack of press freedom...

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Engels, 113 pagina's (ePub2, 1 MB), Eva Tas Foundation, Amsterdam, 2017

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Peter de Haan Censorship alert

censorship in economics

Dutch economist and diplomat Peter de Haan describes the worrying increase of censorship and self-censorship in the world. A rising number of journalists, bloggers, and writers can't any longer write as they please; some flee their home country, others are tortured, incarcerated, or are even killed. This essay depicts what happened during the past decade regarding freedom of expression and censorship in the world and tells the shocking stories of some of its victims.

He demonstrates a negative relationship...

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Engels, 95 pagina's (ePub2, 1,6 MB), Eva Tas Foundation, Amsterdam, 2017

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Parvez Alam Disappearing public spheres

censorship in Bangladesh

'State of Nature' and 'State of exception' have become the only two options for the people of Bangladesh recently, where writers, bloggers and publishers are getting killed by Al-Qaeda affiliates and persecuted by the Government. Empowerment of polarizations such as 'secular' verses 'Islamists' have also empowered the ruling regime and Islamist extremist groups. Severe censorship on all kind of media has suffocated freedom of expression. New public spheres that had emerged in the internet era are...

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Engels, 92 pagina's (ePub2, 0,9 MB), Eva Tas Foundation, Amsterdam, 2017

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Amir Valle Gagged

censorship in Cuba

Amir Valle (Cuba, 1967) offers a unique analysis of the suppression of freedom of expression in Cuba by Fidel Castro's 'revolutionary' government. From the triumph of the Cuban Revolution in 1959 to the 'Raulist Era' of today, he offers a chilling survey of the most significant cases of cultural repression and censorship perpetrated by the longest Communist dictatorship in the world. From their beginnings in literature and journalism, the author has witnessed first hand the oppressive and painful...

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Engels, 130 pagina's (ePub2, 1,1 MB), Eva Tas Foundation, Amsterdam, 2017

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Sylvana van den Braak A fri wortu

censorship in Surinam

Free speech (Fri Wortu) is not common in Surinam. Sylvana van den Braak shows how, after the military coup in the 1980s, a period began of censorship and dictatorship. Despite democratic elections, the government is still trying, in his own special way, to influence the media. The business community agrees with it. Besides that the small community of Surinam and the relationships pave the way for self-censorship. The truth can only be heard on the street, where the local language Sranan is spoken....

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Engels, 68 pagina's (ePub2, 1,7 MB), Eva Tas Foundation, Amsterdam, 2017

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Tomislav Kezharovski Annihilation/Likvidacija

censorship in Macedonia

The Macedonian authorities use very heavy-handed methods to crush criticism and investigations into political corruption. Free expression is under increasing threat. More than half of Macedonia’s citizens are scared to openly express their opinions. Journalists are pushed into self-censorship fearing that telephones and emails are monitored. The case known as ‘Likvidacija’, Macedonian for ‘Annihilation’ gives a breathtaking example of power abuse as on May 2013 the investigating journalist Tomislav...

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Engels, 128 pagina's (ePub2, 1,7 MB), Fosfor, Amsterdam, 2015

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Sofie Sun Drugs for the mind

censorship in China

In the eyes of the Chinese authorities books are too often Drugs for the Mind. Sofie Sun (1986) chose this remarkable description as the title of her investigation into censorship and literature in the People's Republic of China. She interviewed representatives of three groups of authors who each have their own view about censorship: writers with no official status living and working in the People’s Republic of China, writers in exile, and those who are members of the Chinese Writers Association....

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Engels, 104 pagina's (ePub2, 1,7 MB), Fosfor, Amsterdam, 2015

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Bui Thanh Hieu Speaking in silence

censorship in Vietnam

In the holiday paradise Vietnam, social media are allowed only to provide and exchange personal information. Bloggers and cyberdissidents who dare to question the government’s legitimacy or domestic policies are ruthlessly suppressed. Political blogger Bui Thanh Hieu (1972) nevertheless uses the Internet to criticize politically hot topics, such as Vietnam’s territorial claims within China as well as its handling of land disputes with the Catholic Church. In response to this, Hieu was arrested, his...

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Engels, 57 pagina's (ePub2, 1,6 MB), Fosfor, Amsterdam, 2015

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Dina Meza Kidnapped

censorship in Honduras

Freedom of expression in Honduras has been kidnapped. Those who are afraid of the truth attempt to imprison it in the depths of the earth. Kidnapped seeks to expose the problems for freedom of expression in journalism and literature in Honduras, the forms of censorship that have been introduced to conceal the truth, but also the creativity of Hondurans who refuse to be defeated in the face of this oppressive system. Kidnapped describes how the Honduran state, responsible for protecting this right,...

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Engels, 72 pagina's (ePub2, 1,6 MB), Fosfor, Amsterdam, 2015

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Bisrat Woldemichael Handiso Genocide of thought

censorship in Ethiopia

Bisrat Woldemichael Handiso (1983) is an Ethiopian journalist who worked as an editor for different local newspapers. He was one of the founders of the Ethiopian Journalists Forum (EJF), an independent association made up of largely young journalists who advocate for greater press freedom in his country. In this function he ran trainig workshops and discussions on press freedom, visited journalist in prison and hospital and facilitated medical assistance for them. EJF was accused of being an illegal...

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Engels, 58 pagina's (ePub2, 1,5 MB), Fosfor, Amsterdam, 2015

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Amir Valle Palabras amordazadas

censura en Cuba

Este es un libro necesario por la singularidad de su análisis sobre la censura a las libertades expresivas impuesta en Cuba por el gobierno 'revolucionario' de Fidel Castro, desde el triunfo de la Revolución Cubana en 1959 hasta la hoy llamada 'Era Raulista', y por ofrecer un recorrido escalofriante a través de los más importantes sucesos de la represión cultural y la censura perpetradas por la más larga dictadura comunista del mundo. Como afirma en el prólogo el escritor Ángel Santiesteban Prats,...

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Spaans; Castiliaans, 136 pagina's (ePub2, 1,1 MB), Eva Tas Foundation, Amsterdam, 2017

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