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Date: April 13, 2007 7:22:50 PM PDT
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Subject: Verbal Reference to or Visual Depiction of Terrorism
Forbidden "Down Under"
Australia censors terrorism books
by Nick Bryant
BBC News, Sydney
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6551003.stm
Australia is anxious to protect itself against the threat of terrorism
The Australian government has announced plans to outlaw material
that advocates terrorism - a move designed to tighten its already
strict censorship rules.
Books and films deemed to glorify terrorism will be removed from
shelves and barred from entering the country.
The government says the changes are part of its zero tolerance
policy towards terrorism.
But critics say they will lead to the censorship of material
helpful to those wishing to understand radical Islam.
Present laws restrict the publication or dissemination of materials
which promote, incite or instruct people to carry out terrorist acts.
The amended law would mark a significant extension of censorship
powers, outlawing books and films deemed to speak out in favour of
terrorist violence.
The new law would be targeted at removing the material from
publication, rather than punishing its authors, and customs
officers would be given much broader powers to confiscate books and
films being imported into the country.
Civil libertarians have already been critical of the existing laws
brought in by Prime Minister John Howard's government, allowing the
forced removal of books, claiming they limit legitimate research
into terrorism and its causes.
As the Australian Society of Authors put it: "We can't refute what
we can't read".
But the government has dismissed these concerns, saying public
safety overrides the issue of free speech.
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