Censorship by CMHR alleged

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By: Bartley Kives

Tuesday, Mar. 11, 2014 at 8:09 AM | Comments: 0

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The Canadian Museum for Human Rights says the facility has expectations of guest bloggers' content.

The Canadian Museum for Human Rights is weathering a censorship allegation after deleting a blog post it commissioned from a Tyrell Historical Medal-winning Canadian historian.

To coincide with International Women's Day, the Winnipeg-based museum asked Veronica Strong-Boag, a historian specializing in the history of women and children in Canada, to pen a blog post in her area of expertise.

The post appeared on March 4, but was removed hours later after museum staff deemed a passage criticizing the federal Conservative government unacceptable.

The passage in question described the Conservatives as having an "anti-woman record." She said museum staff first asked her to back up that claim, but ultimately rejected a footnoted posting as a partisan statement.

In a letter to Strong-Boag, museum communications director Angela Cassie apologized for failing to explain what was expected from blog-post authors.

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Censorship by CMHR alleged