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Bahamas: Censorship

Categories: Caribbean, Bahamas, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Law

“I believe that the time has come to admit that the kind of legislation that permits a body of non-elected, faceless individuals to decide what the Bahamian citizen should be able to see is fundamentally obsolete,” [1] writes Nicolette Bethel in an article questioning the usefulness of the Bahamas Plays and Films Control Board, the organisation behind the banning of the film “Brokeback Mountain”.