Censorship is the use of governmental power to control speech and other forms of human expression.

magazine: On World Press Freedom Day, (May 3) some years ago the Minister of Information and official spin doctor of a certain African country declared “we have plenty of room in our prisons for terrorists of the pen". Read article

word game: This jigsaw puzzle contains words and expressions related to censorship and media tricks. Play game

story: Fahrenheit 451: This novel by Ray Bradbury is set in a world where books are banned and critical thought is suppressed. Read story

cartoon: "What's that explosion? The censors must have planted a bomb!" See cartoon

poll: "Do you think there is enough freedom of the press where you live?" See results

trivia: Numbers: In 2003 forty-two journalists were killed, mainly in Asia and the Middle East (in the Iraq war), compared with 25 in 2002. See more censorship trivia

links: Reporters without Borders See more links

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