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Reason(s) for ban Hamid Aboutalebi Iran: Diplomat and envoy to the United Nations: Played a role as a translator for the militants who stormed the American Embassy in Tehran in 1979 and held 52 American citizens hostage for 444 days. [2] Tareck El Aissami Venezuela: Politician and former Vice President of Venezuela (2017-2018)
Since 2001, the American Library Association has posted the top ten most frequently challenged books per year on their website. [4] Using the Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century, ALA has also noted banned and challenged classics. [5] The ALA does not claim comprehensiveness in recording challenges.
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The New York Times reported in January 2022 that "parents, activists, school board officials and lawmakers around the country are challenging books at a pace not seen in decades". [9] In April 2022, nonprofit organization PEN America found that 1,586 book bans targeting 1,145 unique books had occurred in the past nine months. [10]
The American Library Assn. reports that in 2022 a record 1,269 demands were made to restrict or ban books and other materials in schools and libraries — up from 156 demands in 2020.
PEN America, which gathers a broader dataset from school districts, school board hearings, and local media outlets, reports that over 10,000 books were removed from public schools (at least ...
Banned for obscenity from 1901 to 1923 and 1928 to c.1973. [7] [8] The Straits Impregnable: Sydney Loch 1916 1914 *Unknown* Fictionalised Autobiography First edition published as a novel, second edition banned by the military censor in Australia under regulations of the War Precautions Act 1914. [9] Lady Chatterley's Lover (1928) D. H. Lawrence ...
On an episode of ITV’s Celebrity Big Brother that aired in the UK on Thursday, March 7, Osbourne, 71, claimed that she had been “banned in America” due to her firing from The Talk in 2021 ...