{"id":132415,"date":"2025-04-01T14:01:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T11:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/132415\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"officials-ban-another-book-by-american-award-winning-historian-childrens-sex-ed-book","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/132415\/","title":{"rendered":"Censors ban another book by American award-winning historian, children\u2019s sex ed book"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/stopka_knig_alexander_grey_unsplash_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/stopka_knig_alexander_grey_unsplash_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/stopka_knig_alexander_grey_unsplash_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/stopka_knig_alexander_grey_unsplash_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/stopka_knig_alexander_grey_unsplash_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/stopka_knig_alexander_grey_unsplash_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Alexander Grey \/ unsplash.com)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 1, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>The information ministry has announced 27 new additions to the list of printed publications banned for distribution in Belarus, claiming they are \u201charmful to national interests.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The register now features <em>Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956 <\/em>by American historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ann Applebaum and <em>Let&#8217;s Talk About Girls, Boys, Babies, Bodies, Families and Friends<\/em> by Robie Harris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other additions include fiction by well-known authors, such as <em>Cloud Atlas<\/em> by David Mitchell shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2004, <em>Coin Locker Babies <\/em>by Ry\u016b Murakami, <em>The Heart&#8217;s Invisible Furies <\/em>by John Boyne, <em>Giovanni\u2019s Room<\/em> by James Baldwin, and three books by popular Swedish author Fredrik Backman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The information ministry\u2019s banned books list now features 92 entries branded as \u201charmful.\u201d Book and print media traders are advised to remove these items from sale. The official definition of \u201charmful\u201d often covers print publications on history or LGBTQ issues, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/knigi_freepik_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/knigi_freepik_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/knigi_freepik_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/knigi_freepik_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/knigi_freepik_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/knigi_freepik_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarus bans American book on Gulag<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">January 24, Pozirk. The information ministry has added 30 titles to the list of print publications that contradict Belarus&#039; national interests, bringing the total to 65. The list was introduced in November 2024 and originally included 35 titles. The ministry &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/123226\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 1, Pozirk. 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