2015 Report: Historians facing censorship and abuse around the world
This is the 21st Annual Report of the NCH. It contains 121 pages of news about the domain where history and human rights intersect, especially about the censorship of history and the persecution of historians, archivists, and archaeologists around the globe, as reported by various human rights organizations and other sources. It mainly covers events and developments of 2014 and 2015. This circular is sent to 1671 historians and others interested in the past all over the world.
The following 98 countries are covered in the Report: Afghanistan; Albania; Algeria; Argentina; Armenia; Australia; Azerbaijan; Bahrain; Bangladesh; Belarus; Bolivia; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Brazil; Bulgaria; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cambodia; Canada; Central African Republic; Chad; Chile; China; Colombia; Congo (Democratic Republic); Croatia; Cuba; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Ecuador; Egypt; El Salvador; Estonia; Ethiopia; Germany; Greece; Guatemala; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Haiti; Honduras; Hungary; India; Indonesia; Iran; Iraq; Ireland; Ivory Coast; Japan; Jordan; Kenya; Korea (North); Latvia; Lebanon; Liberia; Libya; Lithuania; Macedonia; Mali; Marshall Islands; Mexico; Montenegro; Morocco/Western Sahara; Myanmar; Nepal; Netherlands; Palestinian Authority; Panama; Paraguay; Peru; Philippines; Poland; Russia; Rwanda; Serbia/Kosovo; Singapore; Slovakia; Slovenia; South Africa; South Sudan; Spain; Sri Lanka; Sudan; Suriname; Syria; Thailand; Timor-Leste; Tunisia; Turkey; Turkmenistan; Uganda; Ukraine; United Kingdom; United States of America; Uruguay; Vatican; Yemen; Zambia; Zimbabwe.
Previous NCH Annual Reports, covering the years 1995 to 2014, can be consulted on the NCH website (http://www.concernedhistorians.org/content/ar.html). All NCH Annual Reports were compiled by Antoon De Baets. The fact that NCH presents this news does not imply that it shares the views and beliefs of the historians and others mentioned in it.