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In 2002, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party government banned the private news network ETV. [19] In 2008, the Military backed caretaker government banned Sachalayatan, a blogging website. [19] In 2009, Bangladesh Awami League government blocked YouTube over videos critical of the government management of the 2009 Bangladesh Rifles Mutiny. [19]
Other books by her were also banned in Bangladesh or in the Indian state of West Bengal. Amar Meyebela ( My Girlhood , 2002), the first volume of her memoir, was banned by the Bangladeshi government in 1999 for "reckless comments" against Islam and the prophet Mohammad . [ 37 ]
YouTube during March 2009 [2] Facebook in May 2010 [3] [4] YouTube again in September 2012 was blocked for refusing to remove the controversial Innocence of Muslims movie trailer [5] Later these blocks were removed. [6] Several books of the Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin have been banned in Bangladesh and West Bengal. [7]
The book was first published in Bangladesh under the title Ko ("Speak") and banned. [1] It was also banned in the Indian state of West Bengal for two years alleging insult of religious beliefs and obscenity. [2] In March 2018 the book was translated into English and published as Split: A Life by Penguin Random House. [3] [4]
Banned books is a contentious debate in courts, classrooms and libraries. Here's an overview of the national debate and the most banned books. It's Banned Books Week: Most challenged titles and ...
Taslima Nasrin [a] (born 25 August 1962) is a Bangladeshi writer, physician, feminist, secular humanist, and activist. She is known for her writing on women's oppression and criticism of religion; some of her books are banned in Bangladesh.
Sold is currently banned in at least 11 school districts across six states, according to data compiled by the free speech group PEN America, and overall, it’s tied as the sixth-most-banned book ...
Lajja (Bengali: লজ্জা Lôjja) (Shame) is a novel in Bengali by Taslima Nasrin, a writer of Bangladesh. The word lajja/lôjja means "shame" in Bengali and many other Indo-Aryan languages . The book was written about the violence, rape, looting and killings of Bengali Hindus that took place in December 1992 after the destruction of ...