Description of Incident: The first Russian edition of Pushkin's Secret Journal was published in 1986 in the USA and it was banned in USSR till 1999. In 2001 it was publised by Moscow academic publisher Ladomir. Secret Journal was considered as a blasphemy because it depicted sexual life of Pushkin who was and is a symbol of Russian culture.

Results of Incident: Now book is published in 24 countries and considered as classic of Erotic literature

Description of Incident: magazine was confiscated, editor sent to jail, police raided magazine premises. right-wing politician Strauss never actually acknowledged his defeat, when his outrageous raid on the liberal press eventually failed.

Results of Incident: Strauss resigned as minister, editor set free

Description of Incident: Voices of those who do not have access to the internet continue to be silenced. The web only gives a voice and subsequent power and knowledge to those with the financial ablity- this is the greatest form of censorship, not those moments when the freedom of speach we have come to expect is temporarly restricted.

Results of Incident: discrimination, oppression and censorship continues on the grounds economic status. The web cannot be seen as containing within it democratic tendencies.

Description of Incident: Flores first performed guarania in 1925, to a mixed reception. His music was not met with censorship until Higinio Morinigo took power. In the 1940s Flores was blacklisted, his music was banned and he was exiled to Argentina.

Results of Incident: Ironically, in 1944 Morinigo declared one of Flores's songs to be the official music of Paraguay. Flores was repatriated in 1991, 19 years after his death.

Description of Incident: The Revue de Paris noted sixty-nine passages in "Madame Bovary" that they wanted cut or altered for its publication in 1856. Flaubert defended his work but was forced to make some changes. Revue de Paris continued to make alterations without his permission. Flaubert went to trial in 1857 against a law that aimed to suppress the exhibition, sale, or distribution of matter considered an "outrage to public and religious morality and to public decency."

Results of Incident: Flaubert was aquitted, even though the judge concurred with Pinard's argument. "Madame Bovary" is still printed internationally.

Description of Incident: "Sapho" toured many American cities before it came to New York's Wallack's Theater in February 1900. Newspapers reported that the play had shock value. Two weeks into its New York run, a reporter complained to the New York police, who alerted the city's district attorney that the play was offensive and obscene. The city magistrate issued warrants for the lead actress, Olga Nethersole, her co-star, Hamilton Revelle, her manager and the manager of Wallack's Theater. All were charged with offending public decency, a misdemeanour. The play closed on March 5; it held 29 performances in the month that it was opened.

Results of Incident: On April 7, one day after the jury aquitted the defendents of all charges, the play reopened to sold out crowds and an extended run. The play reopened again in November 1900.

Description of Incident: "Harriet the Spy" recieved praise from Library Journal, the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books and the New York Times Book Review. However, other critics rebuked the story for its alleged immorality, refering to the advice given by Ole Golly. Libraries and schools across the United States created committees to decide whether or not to offer the book. Parents and teachers claimed that children were and would begin to imitate Harriet's window peeping

Results of Incident: "Harriet the Spy" has been removed from library shelves across the United States.

Description of Incident: Fielding challenged the limits of free expression under the government of Prime Minister Walpole throughout his career as a playwright. "The Welsh Opera" was successful and Fielding decided to expand the play under the title "The Grub Street Opera." Walpole became aware and Fielding withdrew the play. In 1736 Fielding attacked Walpole in his plays "The Craftsman," "Pasquin," and "Eurydice Hissed." In addition, his play "The Golden Rump" was said to be a viscious attack on the royal family. Walpole began to mobilize the conservative Whigs in Parliament to consider a law limiting theater licenses.

Results of Incident: The Theater Act was passed in 1737. It limited the number of theaters in London to merely two. Fielding ceased writing plays, took up the legal profession and wrote the novel "Joseph Andrew."

Description of Incident: "Los Chicos" recieved negative reviews from parents, politicians and religious groups who believed that the film could have a detrimental impact on adolescents. The censors found the film pessimistic, unhealthy, hostile to the Franco regime and a bad influence to urban youth.

Results of Incident: "Los Chicos" was never shown commercially, there was only one public viewing in Barcelona in 1963. Ferreri, an Italian working in Spain, had his residency permit cancelled and was forced to leave Spain.

Description of Incident: Ferrer was one of Cuba's most popular musicians until he opposed the "New Love Song Movement," a group of musicians who set rules for songwriting that centered around "protest songs." Ferrer did not want to limit his work by conforming to a governing institution. Consequently, Ferrer was banned by television and radio broadcasters in Cuba. He became ideologically suspect when he criticized the ban on his music and the censorship of other great cuban artists like Celia Cruz.

Results of Incident: Ferrer continued writing music around the world, however, he remains true to his cuban roots. Although Ferrer's music is prohibited by Cuba's media, his work is still recognized by Cuba's youth.