IPA Concerned over Reports of Hong Kong Book Bans
The International Publishers Association is extremely concerned by reports in the Guardian, Global Times and The Wall Street Journal among others that books by prominent protester, Joshua Wong, and Hong Kong politician, Tanya Chan, have been removed from public libraries and bookshops as the new Chinese Security Law is implemented in Hong Kong.
IPA co-signs letter demanding action on the five detained Hong Kong booksellers
The International Publishers Association (IPA) and seven other world free expression and publishing organizations have co-signed a letter to the Hong Kong Government to urge China to release the five booksellers that were forcibly disappeared and detained late last year.
IPA Seriously Concerned about Missing Hong Kong Publishers
The International Publishers Association (IPA) has joined the Swedish Publishers Association (SPA) and the Publishers Association (PA) UK in expressing deep concern about the whereabouts and safety of five Hong Kong-based publishers and booksellers.
Freedom to Publish news stories 2015
Salman Rushdie slams critics of PEN’s Charlie Hebdo tribute (27.4.2015) Amos Yee: YouTube star, teenager, dissident (10.4.2015) Japan reviews history textbooks for its schoolchildren, and riles its neighbours (10.4.2015) Naomi Wolf: The fastest way to spread extremism is with the censor’s boot (7.4.2015) Book publishers warn of censorship in Hong Kong (30.3.15) Clean Reader app, which filters/changes “offensive” […]