The Association of American Publishers, which oversees the AAP International Freedom to Publish | Jeri Laber Award, given annually in recognition of a publisher outside of the United States that has "demonstrated courage and fortitude in defending freedom of expression," this year issued the award to “all publishing houses in multiple countries and regions of the world that continued to publish in the face of increased government pressure, harassment, and threats."
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https://publishers.org/news/aap-international-freedom-to-publish-award-recognizes-publishers-under-attack-across-the-globe/
E.g.; Russian state investigators have raided the Zakharov publishing house, because they have refused to stop selling the work of popular Russian-Georgian author Boris Akunin (real name Grigori Chkhartishvili). Akunin, who currently lives in the UK, has been added to a list of “terrorists and extremists” because of his comments condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and his actions in co-founding the TrueRussia Foundation, which attempts to aid those affected by the invasion.
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