Freemuse Defending Artistic Freedom
Musician Cherif Atmani was arrested in Tizi Ouzou for carrying posters calling for the rejection of the presidential elections.
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Music
Freemuse and P24 call for the Turkish authorities to release detained members of Grup Yorum
Turkish band Grup Yorum’s members have been on hunger strike since May 2019 in response to the restrictions to their freedom of artistic expression.
The Security, Creativity, Tolerance and their Co-existence: The New European Agenda on Freedom of Artistic Expression
The report outlines how European governments carry the legal responsibility to respect, protect and fulfil obligations to artistic freedom.
Visual Arts
Freemuse calls on world leaders to respect UNESCO’s convention to prevent threats to cultural sites in Iran in light of President Trump threats
“An attack on these cultural sites is a war crime as defined by the International Criminal Court and should be treated thus,” says Freemuse Executive Director Dr. Srirak Plipat, “Further, these threats show an alarming disregard to cultural heritage,
Music
Freemuse calls for an immediate release of Moroccan rapper Gnawi
Moroccan rapper Gnawi (real name Mohamed Mounir), has been sentenced to a year in prison for insulting the government.
Music
Turkey: Istanbul court extends musician Ferhat Tunç’s arrest warrant
An Istanbul court extended an arrest warrant issued against Tunç to obtain his defence regarding the artist’s charges of “insulting the president."
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Algeria: Musician arrested for anti-elections posters
28 November 2019 -
USA: Iraqi artists denied visas for travelling to the USA for MoMA exhibition
22 November 2019 -
Russia: LGBTI film festival cancelled because of a bomb threat
21 November 2019 -
‘I am explaining the truth and they want to put me in jail’ – Interview with Spanish rapper Pablo Hasél
15 November 2019 -
Germany: Dancer under threat detained in transit to SafeMUSE artistic residency programme
14 November 2019
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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
31 May 2019 -
April 2019: Spotlight – artists released from prison
3 May 2019 -
March 2019: The State of Artistic Freedom 2019
28 March 2019 -
February 2019: New regulations in Uganda restricting artistic freedom, and artists released from jail
28 February 2019
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Freemuse and PEN America host expert meeting facilitated by UN rapporteurs
30 October 2019Freemuse, PEN America, Karima Bennoune, UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights and David Kaye, UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression hosted an expert meeting in New York.
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Freemue and Roskilde Festival announce new partnership to protect the human right to artistic expression
15 July 2019 -
Freemuse and ARC call for Singapore government to drop charges against artist Seelan Palay
24 September 2018 -
Take action: PEN International and Freemuse protest the continued detention of Shahidul Alam
29 August 2018 -
Freemuse and CADAL joint letter to the European Union’s EEAS
4 June 2018
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Release Peacock Generation from prison
29 July 2019 -
Drop charges against musician Ferhat Tunç in Turkey
27 September 2018 -
Open letter to the President of Equatorial Guinea: Release artist and writer Ramón Esono Ebalé
16 November 2017 -
Let Women Sing
21 July 2017 -
In prison for a year in Iran; artists call for musician’s and filmmaker’s release
1 June 2017
UPDATE:
According to latest reports, the İstanbul 37th Heavy Penal Court has accepted an indictment of life imprisonment filed against Grup Yorum guitarist İbrahim Gökçek. The musician is currently on a death fast. His hearing is scheduled for 14 February 2020.
Freemuse and P24 call for the Turkish authorities to release detained members of Grup Yorum.
Full statement: freemuse.org/news/freemuse-calls-for-the-turkish-authorities-to-release-detained-members-of-grup-...
Freemuse and P24 call for the Turkish authorities to release detained members of Grup Yorum
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Turkish band Grup Yorum’s members have been on hunger strike since 16 May 2019 in response to the restrictions to their freedom of artistic expression.
Den frie kunsten under press i Europa
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For første gang har Freemuse viet en hel rapport til brudd på kunstneres ytringsfrihet i Europa. De karakteriserer omfanget som alarmerende.
Freemuse latest report on the State of Artistic Freedom in Europe is available online now. ❗
The Security, Creativity, Tolerance and their Co-existence: The New European Agenda on Freedom of Artistic Expression report outlines how European governments carry the legal responsibility to respect, protect and fulfil obligations to artistic freedom.
Read the report here ➡️ bit.ly/3atgwly
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The Security, Creativity, Tolerance and their Co-existence: The New European Agenda on Freedom of Artistic Expression outlines how European governments carry the legal responsibility to respect, protect and fulfil obligations to artistic freedom.
Trodde du sensur og fengsling av kunstnere var noe som foregikk i andre deler av verden? Da må du tro om igjen. For første gang har @Freemuse98 viet en hel rapport til brudd på kunstneres ytringsfrihet i Europa. De karakteriserer omfanget som alarmerende.
Den frie kunsten under press i Europa
For første gang har Freemuse viet en hel rapport til brudd på kunstneres ytringsfrihet i Europa. De karakteriserer omfanget som alarmerende.
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Proud to have worked with @Freemuse98 consistently throughout my mandate - #HumanRights are fundamental not options
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“ARTISTS: please follow this discussion on Artistic Freedom and how it is under threat in Europe, held today at @Europarl_EN with @Freemuse98 + ...
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.@Freemuse98 presentation showing censorship by art forms. Music is the most impacted. @actforculture @EMC_IMC #ArtisticFreedom
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👉🏽 25 films and 2 film festivals were censored or cancelled in 9 European countries
- @Freemuse98 report 2018/19
UNESCO stands firmly committed to defend artistic freedom.
Therefore, we happily joined today's discussion on #StateOfArtisticFreedom in #Europe at the #EuropeanParliament 🇪🇺 to share ideas on the legal understanding of artistic freedom from an international perspective.
Freemuse latest report on the #StateofArtisticFreedom in #Europe is available online now. ❗
The report outlines how European governments carry the legal responsibility to respect, protect and fulfil obligations to artistic freedom.
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The Security, Creativity, Tolerance and their Co-existence: The New European Agenda on Freedom of Artistic Expression
The Security, Creativity, Tolerance and their Co-existence: The New European Agenda on Freedom of Artistic Expression outlines how European government...
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Dr Srirak Plipat, #Freemuse #ExecutiveDirector, is currently presenting the key challenges to artistic freedom in #Europe as documented in the report on the #StateofArtisticFreedom in Europe, based on 380 verified violations.
At the launch of the report on the #StateofArtisticFreedom in #Europe, #civilrightsactivists from #Poland, Elzbieta Podlesnia is currently highlighting her own experiences.
Podlesna was #arrested for offending #religiousfeelings while distributing an #artwork.
Today at the #EuropeanParliament Freemuse, in collaboration with
Culture Action Europe (@actforculture), launches the first report on the State of Artistic Freedom in #Europe!
The report will be online at https://t.co/vOt9zuIh7G at 14:30 CET.
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İbrahim Gökçek, the imprisoned guitarist of @Grup_YORUM, is continuing his DEATH FAST.
We have learnt that he now has a visitation ban, so nobody has been able to see him.
He was on hunger strike for 199 days, and he then began a death fast (been 12 days).
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Today, the Diyarbakır court postponed the trial of #Turkish #musician #FerhatTunç (@ferhatttunc) to 26 March. The musician is being charged with "terrorist group membership" and "terrorist propaganda."
ARC at @PENamerica is #hiring! NYC students, apply for ARC's Program #internship for the Winter/Spring 2020 semester. Get experience in the field of human rights, artistic expression, and in serving artists at risk and the organizations that support them. https://t.co/4MphYN7bED
Freemuse calls on world leaders to respect #UNESCO’s convention to prevent threats to #cultural sites in #Iran.
US President #DonaldTrump's threat to attack cultural sites in Iran sets an alarming tone for the state of artistic freedom.
Freemuse calls on world leaders to respect UNESCO’s convention after President Trump threats to Iran
“An attack on these cultural sites is a war crime as defined by the International Criminal Court and should be treated thus,” says Freemus...
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Freemuse took part in the #UPR Pre-session on Turkey in #Geneva last week. The @P24Punto24 spoke on behalf of all partners working on the Turkey UPR about the situation of #freedomofexpression in the country. You can see the presentation on Turkey here
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Together with @CartooningPeace we are gravely concerned about @Nime_BD's welfare - the description given to us of conditions in Oran prison are particularly alarming - and we call for his immediate release. #FreeNime #LibérezNime #Algerie #Hirak
CRNI and Cartooning For Peace: “Free Nime”
CRNI and Cartooning For Peace have made a joint statement calling for the immediate release of criminalized Algerian cartoonist Abdelhamid Amine aka N...
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Detention, Imprisonment, Exile...
Ferhat Tunç and Mikail Aslan spoke to bianet after the arrest of Yılmaz Çelik and Şenol Akdağ: "They want to prevent the mother tongue and cultural values from reaching people through art."
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Many people including artists are affected by content rules on social media.
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are you an artist, anywhere in the world, facing restrictions on your freedom of expression? please check out & share this survey, as we're preparing a study for @UNHumanRights Council in 2020. right here --> https://t.co/SuiteTFEQm
