BANNED BOOKS WEEK 2006. As this year's Banned Books Week comes to a close, let's also consider the plight of the persecuted writers from Burundi, China, Ethiopia, Iran, Russia, and Tunisia who are spotlighted at the Amnesty International USA website:

Aloys Kabura
Shi Tao
Serkalem Fasil
Arzhang Davoodi
Stanislav Dmitrievskii
Mohammed Abbou

Last year's coverage (with Blog About Town list of recommended reading!)

Photo: David Marc Fischer