Freemuse Defending Artistic Freedom
German curator and arts manager Hella Mewis was abducted by unidentified armed men outside her office in central Baghdad.
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‘In short, the destiny of a dissident artist is prison, exile and tears’ – Interview with Kurdish musician Azad Bedran
Azad Bedran has been sentenced to three years and nine months imprisonment for his song Partizan and its music video.
Music
Turkey: Members of Grup Yorum arrested during rehearsal
Six members of the group Grup Yorum were arrested by the Istanbul police during their rehearsal for a concert.
Music
Freemuse calls for the death sentence verdict against musician Yahaya Sharif-Aminu to be overturned
Musician and Composer, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu has been sentenced to death by hanging for blasphemy against Prophet Muhammed.
Film
Music
Freemuse calls for the charges against musician Mehdi Rajabian to be dropped
Freemuse has learned that Iranian brothers, musician Mehdi Rajabian and filmmaker Hossein Rajabian, were temporarily released on bail on 22 June 2017.
Literature
Freemuse calls on the Danish Refugee Board to stop the deportation of Angolan artist Adelina Kiame
“The deportation of Aaiún Nin, an artist who expresses their political views and LGBTI identity through their artistry, is a shocking and grave outcome to this asylum case. We call on the Danish Refugee Board to halt Aaiún’s deportation and reopen th
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Iraq: German curator and arts manager kidnapped outside her office in Baghdad
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Ecuador: Cultural director fired after controversial art performance
31 July 2020 -
Freemuse x Shouts Artist’s Voice: Nigerian musician M-Josh
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Freemuse calls for all charges against writer Shakthika Sathkumara to be dropped
30 July 2020 -
Freemuse launched campaign to tackle violence and censorship online at RightsCon digital event
28 July 2020
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June 2019: The latest report and positive development in Egypt
28 June 2019Freemuse shares the latest report on Privatising Censorship, Digitising Violence: Shrinking Space of Women’s Rights to Create in the Digital Age.
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May 2019: Spotlight – detained performers and art censorship
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April 2019: Spotlight – artists released from prison
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March 2019: The State of Artistic Freedom 2019
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February 2019: New regulations in Uganda restricting artistic freedom, and artists released from jail
28 February 2019
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Freemuse launched campaign to tackle violence and censorship online at RightsCon digital event
28 July 2020Freemuse launched its major campaign #KnowArtisticRights during its session at the RightsCon Online 2020.
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Don’t Delete Art: launch of the virtual gallery of art censored on Social Media
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Freemuse Launches New Rapid Response Network to Support African Creatives
29 April 2020 -
Spain: Statement on the Universal Periodic Review
30 January 2020 -
Spain: Government should accept UN UPR recommendations on freedom of expression in their entirety
30 January 2020
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Release Peacock Generation from prison
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Drop charges against musician Ferhat Tunç in Turkey
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Open letter to the President of Equatorial Guinea: Release artist and writer Ramón Esono Ebalé
16 November 2017 -
Let Women Sing
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In prison for a year in Iran; artists call for musician’s and filmmaker’s release
1 June 2017
"𝗜𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻, 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀."
Interview with #Kurdish musician #AzadBedran.
The artist has been sentenced to three years and nine months imprisonment for his song "Partizan" and its music video on the grounds of making “propaganda for a terrorist organisation”.
Read the interview here freemuse.org/news/in-short-the-destiny-of-a-dissident-artist-is-prison-exile-and-tears-interview-...
#freearteurope #artisticfreedomeurope #projectforchange #postkodeffekten
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Azad Bedran has been sentenced to three years and nine months imprisonment for his song Partizan and its music video.❗Arrests at a police raid and musical instruments broken or gone missing❗
Members of Grup Yorum were arrested during their concert rehearsal by the Istanbul police during a police raid.
Their musical instruments were either broken or gone missing, while their music books were damaged
📖Read the full story and 💻watch the video of the arrest here:
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Turkey: Members of Grup Yorum arrested during rehearsal
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Six members of the group Grup Yorum were arrested by the Istanbul police during their rehearsal for a concert.❗ Gospel singer, musician and composer Yahaya Sharif-Aminu has been sentenced to death for blasphemy against Prophet Muhammed.
Freemuse calls for the death sentence verdict to be immediately overturned.
Read more ➡️ freemuse.org/news/freemuse-calls-for-the-death-sentence-verdict-against-musician-yahaya-sharif-am...
Musician @Mehdi Rajabian will face the Revolutionary Court of Sari in the morning.
Freemuse calls for all charges against the musician to be dropped.
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#Angolan artist #aaiúnnin is faces imminent #deportation from #Denmark. The artist fears for her life if returned to Angola.
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Freemuse calls on the Danish Refugee Board to stop the deportation of Angolan artist Adelina Kiame
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“The deportation of Aaiún Nin, an artist who expresses their political views and LGBTI identity through their artistry, is a shocking and grave outcome to this asylum case. We call on the Danish Refugee Board to halt Aaiún’s deportation and reopen the case,” said Dr Srirak Plipat, Freemuse...
Join us at @CopenhagenPride 2020 ‼️
Freemuse’s session aims to reclaim some of the physical space taken from #LGBTI expression and artistry in an hour-long celebration of dedication to the state of artistic freedom for the LGBTI community.
"In short, the destiny of a dissident #artist is prison, exile and tears."
Interview with #Kurdish musician @azadbedran.
He has been sentenced to three years and nine months imprisonment for his song "Partizan".
#artisticfreedomeurope #postkodeffekten
‘In short, the destiny of a dissident artist is prison, exile and tears’ – Interview with Kurdish musician Azad Bedran
Azad Bedran has been sentenced to three years and nine months imprisonment for his song Partizan and its music video.
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Members of @Grup_YORUM were arrested during a concert rehearsal by the Istanbul police during a police raid.
❗Music instruments of the musicians were broken or missing, their music books were damaged❗
Follow @freegrupyorum and read the full story here:
Turkey: Members of Grup Yorum arrested during rehearsal
Six members of the group Grup Yorum were arrested by the Istanbul police during their rehearsal for a concert.
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#Nigerian musician Yahaya Sharif-Aminu has been #sentenced to death for #blasphemy against #ProphetMuhammed.
#Freemuse calls for the #deathsentence verdict to be immediately overturned.
Read more ➡️ https://t.co/tYuSrnv4hs
AR supports the call by @Freemuse98 for all charges against musician @Mehdi_Rajabian to be dropped by the Iranian authorities.
Iran: Musician and filmmaker brothers released from prison, await appeal • Freemuse
Freemuse has learned that Iranian brothers, musician Mehdi Rajabian and filmmaker Hossein Rajabian, were temporarily released on bail on 22 June 2017.
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Awful news from #Nigeria: Musician Yahaya Sharif-Aminu has been sentenced to death by hanging for 'blasphemy' by an upper Sharia Court in Kano State.
#endblasphemylaws
Read more: https://t.co/16tJgCFlVQ
#Angolan artist #AaiúnNin is faces imminent #deportation from #Denmark. The artist fears for her life if returned to Angola.
Freemuse calls on the Danish Refugee Board to stop the deportation of Angolan artist Adelina Kiame
“The deportation of Aaiún Nin, an artist who expresses their political views and LGBTI identity through their artistry, is a shocking and gra...
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Grup Yorum members Dilan Poyraz, Bahar Kurt, Betül Varan, Eren Erdem, Barış Yüksel and Sercan Toptancı were detained while performing at a concert rehearsal in Beykoz.
İdil Culture Center was also raided by the police, and the police are still searching inside.
Bangladeshi folk singer Shariat Boyati was arrested in January for stating that music is not forbidden in the Quran. He faces up to 5 years’ in prison on vague charges of hurting religious sentiment. We join @Freemuse98 & @amnesty to call for his release
#EndBlasphemyLaws
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Tsitsi Dangarembga & others have just been arrested for a peaceful and constitutional demonstration against corruption in Borrowdale, Zimbabwe.
#StopHarrasingHRDs
#FREETSITSIDANGAREMBGA
#WeStandwithWHRD
.#German curator and arts manager #HellaMewis has been freed on 24 July after she was #abducted by unidentified armed men outside her office in central #Baghdad.
Mewis was involved in the founding of @tarkib_baghdad.
🎨 #Artwork: Amer Al Jazie
Iraq: German curator and arts manager kidnapped outside her office in Baghdad
German curator and arts manager Hella Mewis was abducted by unidentified armed men outside her office in central Baghdad.
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‼️ Read the latest Research Report on #ArtisticFreedom of Expression prepared by the #SpecialRapporteur on the promotion and promotion and
protection of the freedom of opinion and expression.
#artisticfreedomeurope #projectforchange #postkodeffekten #freearteurope
New research report on Artistic Expression aims to provide artists,audiences & their advocates with vocabulary in human rights law to challenge undue restrictions & to remind Govts & private actors of their obligations & responsibilities under that law https://t.co/s8ol4nuhmX
Freemuse X Shouts Artist’s Voice: Nigerian Musician @MJoshMusic with @Freemuse98 #protestmusic #nigeria #protestsong #freedomofartisticexpression #artistsatrisk
Freemuse X Shouts Artist’s Voice: Nigerian Musician M-Josh
Artist’s Voice is a collaboration between Freemuse and Shouts – Music from the Rooftops!. The collaboration aims to provide a platform for art...
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🔊 New Freemuse and @shoutingmusic interview with @MJoshMusic from #Nigeria. M-Josh was threatened by a member the Nigerian army for the song "Movie In Aso Rock" concerning #humanrights violations and the military in Nigeria.
Freemuse x Shouts Artist’s Voice: Nigerian musician M-Josh
M-Josh was threatened by a member the Nigerian army for the song Movie In Aso Rock concerning human rights violations and the military in Nigeria.
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Freemuse calls for all charges against writer #ShakthikaSathkumara to be dropped and for the Sri Lankan government to respect international #humanrights laws, especially those that protect freedom of #artisticexpression.
📘https://t.co/cp77oaeKeJ
UPDATE: @amnesty Prisoner of Conscience Shakthika Sathkumara's case was postponed till 22 September by the Polgahawela Magistrate Court today. We call on the Sri Lankan authorities to immediately and unconditionally drop all charges against him. #FreeShakthika #SriLanka #Ika https://t.co/Zm02JYxnBj
"That was a message to the public: we were here, we are, and we will stay," said Monika “Pacyfka” Tichy from @LambdaSzczecin in an interview with #Freemuse about the destruction of the #LGBTI mural in #Poland.
#artisticfreedomeurope #postkodeffekten
‘They want not only to insult us, they want to delete us’ – Interview with Monika ‘Pacyfka’ Tichy on LGBTI art in Poland
The LGBTI themed mural revealed by Lambda (an association established to help victims of discrimination) has been destroyed in Szczecin, Poland.
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Our Head of Policy @DNBSevilla discusses online censorship, part of a @FreeMuse98 organised @rightscon discussion focusing on artists' rights.@savenathefish @JMchangama @wanuri @CollingsPaige @Sofiajaroto @JulieOwono
#KnowArtisticRights #Rightscon #EDRi
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The District Court judge has denied the motion by actor @SachaBaronCohen to dismiss the case that the former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore filed against him for calling him a pedophile in an episode of @SHOwhoisAmerica
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USA: lawsuit against Sacha Baron Cohen´s satire political parody
Former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore filed a defamation lawsuit against actor Sacha Baron Cohen for implying that he is a paedophile in his TV show.
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"I have been threatened with rape, acid attack, and murder. I’m worried for myself and my family." said Assamese actress, Preety Kkongana, who received death threats for her role in the TV series “Begum Jaan”.
Actress receiving death threats for controversial TV show
Actress Preety Kongana filed a police complaint after receiving rape and death threats, for her role in the TV series “Begum Jaan”.
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Freemuse has expressed concern for the rights of Europe’s #artisticcommunity and the impact on #civilsociety and democracy in light of the potential deal on the #EUBudget.
#artisticfreedomeurope #projectforchange #postkodeffekten
Rule of law conditionality essential for artistic freedom in Freemuse countries of concern
Freemuse has expressed concern for the rights of Europe’s artistic community and the impact on civil society in light of the potential deal on t...
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