The Board of Protection of Minors from Obscene Publications announced the children’s book "Magical Rainbow", to be an obscene publication.
Read More »Egypt: Actress accused of ‘public indecency’ and ‘contempt of religion’
The date of the first session of actress Rania Youssef’s trial for public indecency and contempt of religion was set on 21 February.
Read More »Bangladesh: Film director and actor charged for allegedly making a film with ‘offensive and obscene dialogue’
Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court charged Anonno Mamun and Shaheen Mridha with "making a film with pornographic content" in the film "Nabab LLB".
Read More »Palestine: DJ detained for the alleged ‘desecration’ of holy sites and violating COVID-19 restrictions
DJ Sama Abdulhadi was released from detention, after being arrested on 27 December for the “desecration” of holy sites and violating COVID-19 regulations.
Read More »Freemuse concerned about film censorship in the Faroe Islands
Freemuse is concerned about the decision of the Minister of Culture of the Faroe Islands Janis av Rana to stop the public financial support of a film.
Read More »Egypt: Singer sentenced to jail for insulting head of Syndicate of Musical Professions
Egyptian singer Hamo Bika was sentenced to a 2-year prison sentence along with a fine for insulting head of Syndicate of Musical Professions.
Read More »Interview with Sera Golding-Young from Unsung Lilly, the band censored on Facebook
‘We racked our brains wondering why the promotional video for our album would be “sexually explicit” and were horrified to think that it might be the photo of us.’
Read More »‘No one is even raising the question of what with the destroyed nine years of artwork. No one is responsible for that.’ – Interview with Goran Rajšić from the Serbian underground cartoon group Momci
The comic exhibition "Imali su oko sebe taj neki sjaj" created by the underground cartoon group Momci was vandalised in the group of 15 men.
Read More »USA: Netflix indicted over promoting lewd visual material
23 September: A Texas grand jury in Tyler County has indicted Netflix over allegedly promoting lewd visual material of clothed or partially clothed minors in the French movie Mignonnes / Cuties, according to the New York Post. The charges mention that the visual material “appeals to the prurient interest in sex, and has no serious, literary, artistic, political or …
Read More »Israel: Artist arrested for wearing naked woman costume
Israeli artist Zeev Engelmayer was arrested by police because he wore a naked woman outfit as part of his artistic character.
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