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Kuwait: Buddha Censored

Friday, May 4th, 2007 @ 20:20 UTC

by Amira Al Hussaini

Countries:: Lebanon, Kuwait
Topics:: Freedom of Speech, Law, Music

Lebanese blogger Mark, who lives in Kuwait ridicules Kuwait's heavy censorship. “Virgin Megastore is open again and I think this time around they are taking censorship to the extreme. I think thats what I would do if I was them, I would want to show people how ridiculous censorship can be. The CD cover above is of the Buddha-bar CD, they’ve censored the Buddha’s face!” he quips.

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May 5th, 2007 at 3:37 am
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Thanks for posting about my blog :-)

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