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Freemuse’s latest news stories
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| Russia: Jailed Pussy Riot member in hunger strike |
| Freemuse learns with dismay of the launching of a hunger strike by jailed Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina, in protest against the brutal conditions of her detention and the lack of fairly adjudicatation of her conviction. |
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| Freemuse Award to be presented in UN building in Geneva |
| Manny Ansar, festival director and co-founder of Mali’s world famous ‘Festival au Désert’, will receive the Freemuse Award on Monday 3 June 2013 at the Geneva United Nations headquarters in Switzerland. |
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| Russia: Request for parole from Pussy Riot member rejected in court |
| A court in the Russian region of Mordovia has denied a request for parole from 23-year-old Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, mother of a five-year-old and one of two jailed members of the feminist punk collective Pussy Riot |
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| Pakistan: Online music video banned by Telecommunication Authority |
| Beygairat Brigade’s online music video ‘Dhinak Dhinak’ was banned by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority. |
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| Algeria: Singer prosecuted for song which mocks police |
| The young Algerian raï singer Cheb Fayçal appeared in court on 25 April 2013, and the public prosecutor requested six months imprisonment for a song that poked fun at the police and mentions the name of its top official. |
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