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| Illustration by Lena Kulla |
On
Censorship (#WPFD2016)
The
term “freedom of press” is often flanked by signal words of equal
importance. Whenever its letters appear in bold, the words
“democracy” and “human rights” trace their lines for support.
But why? Why are they ultimately linked?
Democracies
assume a free electoral system. They uphold people’s freedom of
choice. Censorship manipulates that choice. It manipulates people’s
decisions. To omit, to alter and to forbid information ploughs our
factual grounds. It creates a limited truth, on the basis of which
one may lovingly support a cause s/he indeed abhors.
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