Book+Censorship+(Amber)

"Books: A-I That Have Been Censored, Banned, or Challenged." //Banned Books//. 17 Apr 2009 [].
 * __Adventures of Huckleberry Finn__ by Mark Twain (1885) - word "nigger", racist
 * __Catcher in the Rye__ by J.D. Salinger (1951)
 * __Fahrenheit 451__ by Ray Bradbury - word "God damn", language
 * __Grapes of Wrath__ by John Steinbeck (1939) - "vulgar words", language
 * __Lord of the Flies__ by William Golding - "niggers", racist language

Kennedy, Elizabeth. "Banning and Cansorship of Children's Books." Web.22 Apr 2009. [].
 * 546 known attempts to remove books in 2006
 * 9200 attempts since ALA's office for Intillectual Freedom began in 1990
 * reasons to ban books - family values
 * reasons - religion
 * reasons - political views
 * reasons - minority rights
 * First Ammendment in U.S. Constitution - "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
 * kidSPEAK - organization for kids to fight cesorship in general
 * kidSPEAK sponsors - American Booksellars Foundation for Free Expression, Association of American Publishers, Association of Booksellars for Children, Children's Book Council, Freedom to Read Foundation, National Coalition Against Censorship, National Council of Teachers of English, PEN American Center, People for the American Way Foundation
 * kidSPEAK stresses, "Kids have First Ammendment rights - and kidSPEAK helps kids fight for them!"
 * PABBIS - Parents Against Bad Books in School
 * PABBIS urges parents to support "Upfront-Informed Parental Consent" - require educators to notify parents of upcoming studies of books that might contain elements parents might find objectonable

"10 Most Censored Countries." Web.23 Apr 2009. [].
 * 1 - North Korea
 * all media controlled by gov.
 * 2 - Burma
 * military junta known as State Peace and Development Council controls all media
 * all privately owned publications must submit all content for approval by Press Scrutiny Board before publication
 * 3 - Turkmenistan
 * state owns all domestic media
 * 2005 - state closed all libraries escept the one that houses the president's books
 * banned importation of foreign publications
 * 4 - Equatorial Guinea
 * no bookstores or newsstands
 * all publications are pro-gov.
 * 5 - Libya
 * most tightly controlled media in Arab world
 * gov owns and controls all print and broadcast media
 * writers killed or jailed if they wrote anything undesirable
 * 6 - Eritrea
 * only country in Sub-Saharan Africa without single private media outlet
 * only priveleged few have access to Internet
 * 7 - Cuba
 * gov owns and controls all media outlets
 * restricted Internet access
 * one of world's leading jailers of journalists, second only to China
 * 8 - Uzbekistan
 * use censorship to prevent reports of widespread police torture, poverty, and an Islamic opposition movement
 * 9 - Syria
 * 10 - Belarus
 * most broadcast and print outlets owned by gov
 * independent outlets avoid politically sensitive subjects

Fein, Esther B.. "Conversations/Frances D'Souza; Working to Nourish Democracy Where Minds Are Being Starved.." //New York Times// 8/16/1992: 9. Print.
 * Roman Catholic countries in Latin America - information on family planning prohibited
 * Islamic countries - fundamentalists regularly ban books, press is state controlled, defiant writers are, at best, jailed
 * African and Asian countries - literary and journalistic fealty to the rulling dictatorship is demanded