Censorship

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Statement by Elena Bondarenko—People’s Deputy of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

Posted by SL ⋅ Apr 18, 2015 ⋅ 62 Comments

Below, we publish a translation of a statement made by Rada deputy, Elena Bondarenko, on September 10, 2014 . The statement was originally published on her facebook page, but went largely ignored at the time. The recent spate of assassinations in Ukraine has given the statement a new, grizzly relevance, and it is for this reason that … Continue reading →

The Toronto Symphony Orchestra Silences Valentina Lisitsa’s Music

Posted by SL ⋅ Apr 6, 2015 ⋅ 41 Comments

In Russian Симфонический оркестр Торонто попытался замолчать музыку Валентины Лисицы It is no secret that nowadays many alternative media activists face appalling state-sponsored censorship in many nominally free and democratic Western countries. Now it seems that such censorship has penetrated much deeper than we have come to expect. Art itself, the truest form of free expression, is being silenced. Valentina Lisitsa … Continue reading →