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PEN International celebrated World Book Day on April 23, 2024 by raising the issue of book banning globally.
According to the group’s statement, they “denounce the alarming surge in book bans worldwide, including Belarus, Brazil, China, Hungary, the Russian Federation, Türkiye and the USA, where authorities are attempting to stifle dissent and criticism by censoring literature, persecuting writers, and suppressing inconvenient truths.”
Asia is not excluded in the report. PEN’s case list highlights the clampdown on writers and journalists in countries such as Myanmar, India and China, “where 11 members of the Independent Chinese PEN Center endure long-term imprisonment, along with the persecution of minority writers from the Uyghur and Dalit communities, among others.”
In the report, Ma Thida, chair of PEN International’s Writers in Prison Committee, said, “Protecting and promoting all forms of literary heritage and storytelling remain critical to our cultural memories and building our collective, global consciousness.
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