censored

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Q: Why do you think your novel was censored?

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

Exiled Nicaraguan writer Gioconda Belli said on Wednesday that the government censored the publication of her latest novel in her home country because it is "afraid" to hear the truth.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

All letters exchanged with Russian prisoners are read, and often censored, by the Russian authorities.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

They would be censored and likely banned if returned to China, Hoover said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Following this revolt by slaves, abolitionist writings are censored and harsher slave codes are passed.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis