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Myanmar: At least 24 killed as army paraglider bombs Buddhist festival

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Hay Festival @hayfestival.bsky.social · 1d

We’re marking #BannedBooksWeekUK with Margaret Atwood on The Handmaid’s Tale as our free film of the week on Hay Festival Anytime.

Enjoy! www.hayfestival.org/anytime/

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Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org · 6h

Awful news from #Myanmar where a Buddhist festival that was also a peaceful protest against the military government was bombed by an army motorised paraglider, killing at least 24 people. A devastating continuation of the junta's brutal crackdown:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Locals tell the BBC the carnage has made it hard to identify victims of the military attack.

www.bbc.co.uk

Palestine Action proscription and Afghan data leak test UK's commitment to free expression - Index on Censorship

Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org · 6h

Earlier this summer, we questioned whether UK laws are too broad and ill-defined to protect our speech rights. Revisit the article ⬇️ 2/2:
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/07/pale...

UK laws, created with particular and legitimate purposes in mind, are too broad and too ill-defined to protect our speech rights

Pro-Palestine protester arrested for holding up magazine at train station

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Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org · 6h

A man has been arrested in London for holding a magazine which had on its cover a protest sign that read "I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action." 1/2:
www.thenational.scot/news/2552722...

A man has been arrested for holding up a magazine cover amid pro-Palestine protests in London.

www.thenational.scot

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Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org · 7h

Last week, we wrote about journalists having their passes revoked by both Labour and the Conservatives. As our CEO put it, "fill the marquees with “yes” people and democracy is bound to suffer.": www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/10/free...

Free speech tested at party conferences - Index on Censorship

Political parties in the UK must allow critical voices in

Conservatives Accused of ‘Trumpian’ Tactics After Barring Second Byline Times Journalist From Conference

Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org · 7h

Another @bylinetimes.bsky.social journalist has been barred from the Conservative Party Conference despite having attended almost every conference since 1987. It comes after political editor Adam Bienkov’s pass was also rejected:
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/08/c...

Veteran award-winning investigative journalist David Hencke has attended Conservative party conference since 1987 but is now hundreds of pounds out of pocket after being blocked from attending

bylinetimes.com

Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org · 7h

American writer, playwright and Booker Prize longlister, Ledia Xhoga, reminds us of the profound injustice of book banning around the world. Join us in standing up against book bans this #BannedBooksWeekUK: www.indexoncensorship.org/bannedbooksw...

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Letterbox Library @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social · 8h

“A week to celebrate the books that have been challenged, removed or silenced, and to stand with the people who write, sell and share them”.

#BannedBooksWeek is THIS WEEK!

Visit the Banned Books Week folk in the UK on X & @indexoncensorship.org

And in N America @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social

A screenshot of a tweet from Banned Books Week UK with suggestions for actions people can take including reading a banned book.

Index joins call for robust protections against transnational repression in the higher education sector - Index on Censorship

Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org · 9h

"As demonstrated by the threats to Cambridge post-graduate student Roshaan Khattak, the Office for Students and the broader higher education sector must establish robust protections against Transnational Repression." Our letter to the Office for Students ⬇️
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/10/inde...

Film maker and postgrad researcher Roshaan Khattak was targeted after researching enforced disappearances in Balochistan

Index joins call for robust protections against transnational repression in the higher education sector - Index on Censorship

Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org · 12h

Author Rachel Seiffert writes to stop history repeating itself by confronting her difficult ancestry, linked to Nazi Germany. For #BannedBooksWeekUK, she talks to Index about the parallels between the past & present and how staying silent is not an option: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/10/bann...

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Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org · 13h

Powerful words from author Saleem Haddad, reminding us of the power of stories to resist attempts to control the truth. What are you reading for #BannedBooksWeekUK?

Let us know in the thread ⬇️
www.indexoncensorship.org/bannedbooksw...

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Kirklees Libraries @kirkleeslibrary.bsky.social · 1d

Words have power. That’s why they get banned. That’s why we’re celebrating them. No age barrier to censorship. Browse, download and read from our #BannedBooksWeek collection at: kirklees.overdrive.com/collection/1... @indexoncensorship.org @libbyapp.com

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Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org · 1d

Academics and students must be protected from transnational repression (#TNR). Yesterday we joined other human rights organisations, legal experts & academics writing to the Office for Students calling for robust and tailored protections against TNR: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/10/inde...

Film maker and postgrad researcher Roshaan Khattak was targeted after researching enforced disappearances in Balochistan

Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org · 1d

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Banned Books Week: The RLF writers who faced censorship

Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org · 1d

In 2021, Maia Kobabe’s graphic memoir #GenderQueer was named the most challenged book in the #US. For #BannedBooksWeekUK, Maia reminds us how important it is for libraries to stock books that open up the wider world. Why not visit a library this week? www.indexoncensorship.org/bannedbooksw...

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Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org · 1d

The @royalliteraryfund.bsky.social joins #BannedBooksWeekUK by bringing us a collection of their writers whose books have been banned throughout history. Including #JamesJoyce, #AngusWilson, #DorisLessing and others. Discover the list and pick up a banned book today! www.rlf.org.uk/posts/banned...

To mark Index on Censorship's Banned Books Week, we take a look at the work of five RLF writers who have faced censorship.

www.rlf.org.uk

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Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org · 1d

Afghan author, activist and educator Homeira Qaderi reminds us what restricting the freedom to read means for our freedom as a whole. This #BannedBooksWeekUK, pick up a book that’s been censored or banned: www.indexoncensorship.org/bannedbooksw...

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Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org · 2d

Check out @hayfestival.bsky.social Anytime for a series of #BannedBooksWeekUK conversations! With leading authors and their banned books including Margaret Atwood, Elif Shafak, Toni Morrison, Marjane Satrapi and more: www.hayfestival.com/anytime/

Hay Festival Anytime - audio and video recordings of Hay Festival events worldwide - Hay Festival Anytime Audio & Video

Hay Festival - Discover a world of different

www.hayfestival.com

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Facet Publishing @facetpublishing.bsky.social · 2d

Join @indexoncensorship.org in celebrating #BannedBooksWeekUK! This week, honour the books that have been challenged, removed or silenced and the freedom to read.

Banned Books Week UK - Index on Censorship

Banned Books Week UK returns from 5–11 October 2025. It’s a week to celebrate the books that have been challenged, removed or silenced

Bobi Wine still standing up to oppression in Uganda, politically and musically - Index on Censorship

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Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org · 2d

Earlier this year, we reported on how #BobbiWine continues to stand up to oppression in #Uganda. Wine has faced continuous threats including an attempted assassination in 2018:
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/01/bobi...

Yoweri Museveni’s most formidable challenger refuses to be silenced and remains on the frontline of protest

Kenyan activists abducted after joining opposition rally in Uganda

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Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org · 2d

“This is another incident in what is seen as transborder repression that has become commonplace in east Africa.” We are concerned by news that two Kenyan activists have been abducted in #Uganda after attending a presidential campaign event for #BobiWine: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Pair had crossed border to support presidential campaign of reggae singer Bobi Wine

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‘People are dying’: Belarusians warn Lukashenko’s crackdown is far from over

Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org · 2d

“Belarus is a testing ground for repression. First it happens here … then Putin does it a few years later." Hear the powerful words of #MikolaDziadok about his experience unjustly imprisoned in #Belarus:
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Those recently freed from jail say authoritarian leader is using political prisoners as bargaining chips to ease sanctions

www.theguardian.com

Banned Books Week UK - Index on Censorship

Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org · 2d

The Yacoubian Building author, #AlaaAlAswany, saw his book banned in #Egypt - a reminder of why dictators fear stories that speak truth. What are you reading for #BannedBooksWeekUK? www.indexoncensorship.org/bannedbooksw...

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CILIP @cilip.bsky.social · 2d

This week is #BannedBooksWeekUK. Join @indexoncensorship.org to celebrate the books that have been challenged, removed or silenced, and to stand with the people who write, sell and lend them. Celebrate the freedom to read.

Banned Books Week UK returns from 5–11 October 2025. It’s a week to celebrate the books that have been challenged, removed or silenced