Freemuse Defending Artistic Freedom
Musician Ivan Pireiko was sentenced to 15 days of administrative arrest after he was arrested on charges of “calling for rebellion” in his songs.
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Visual Arts
Russia: Street artist sentenced to ‘forced labour’ for participating in a protest
Leninsky District Court sentenced street artist Timofey Radya to 39 hours of forced labour for participating in a protest in support of Alexei Navalny.
All Arts
Turkey: Artists on trial in relation to the Gezi Park protests
The İstanbul 30th Heavy Penal Court merged the case of five artists charged with “attempt to overthrow the government” to the main Gezi trial.
Music
Mexico: Narcocorrido singer killed during a private party
Two unidentified men killed narcocorrido singer Alex Quintero while he was attending a private party.
Visual Arts
Freemuse concerned over reports of Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara’s hunger strike
Cuban authorities forcibly took the artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara’s to a hospital, following his over week-long hunger and thirst strike.
All Arts
Cuba: Actor and clown under summary judgment process over an alleged ‘resistance’
Actor, poet and clown, Manuel de la Cruz had a summary judgment process initiated against him under the charges of “resistance”.
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Belarus: Musician sentenced to administrative arrest for allegedly ‘calling for rebellion’ in his songs
28 April 2021 -
Cuba: Artists arbitrarily detained
27 April 2021 -
Turkey: Ahmet Altan released from prison
27 April 2021 -
Cuba: Rapper Maykel Osorbo arbitrarily detained
26 April 2021 -
Myanmar: Actress and actor arrested for opposition against the military
23 April 2021
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A Social Media Censorship Guidance for Artists has been launched by Don’t Delete Art coalition
13 April 2021Don't delete Art creates the first comprehensive resource for artists to avoid and combat censorship on social media.
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Freemuse welcomes David Kaye’s Research Report on Artistic Freedom of Expression
1 August 2020 -
Freemuse launched campaign to tackle violence and censorship online at RightsCon digital event
28 July 2020 -
Don’t Delete Art: launch of the virtual gallery of art censored on Social Media
29 May 2020 -
Freemuse Launches New Rapid Response Network to Support African Creatives
29 April 2020
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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
For the first time this year, #MusicFreedomDay will be celebrated in South Korea. Lindenbaum Music is organizing a COVID-19 antibody music concert to celebrate artistic freedom.
Find out more about the global event here: bit.ly/3snxav7
#musicfreedomday2021 #imagineapandemicwithoutart #freedomofartisticexpression #artunderthreat #Music
𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝘁 𝟭𝟮.𝟬𝟬 𝗖𝗘𝗧 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗲'𝘀 𝗳𝗹𝗮𝗴𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲:𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹!
Shahidul Alam, photographer, writer, curator and activist, together with Rita Dewan, Baul singer, will give keynote speeches during the session.
Watch it here ➡️ rewritingthefuture.org/
#freedomofartisticexpression #StateofArtisticFreedom2021 #SAF2021 #RewritingTheFuture #rwrtf Allianz Kulturstiftung
Aslı Erdoğ, Turkish writer and human rights defender, will participate in a panel duscission during the launch of Freemuse's flagship report on The State of Artistic Freedom 2021 at the Re:Writing the Future Festival.
📅 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝟮𝟱 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝟭𝟮.𝟬𝟬 𝗖𝗘𝗧!
Aslı Erdoğ is a writer of literature and author of eight books, novels, novellas, collections of poetic prose and essays, translated into twenty languages. She has worked as a columnist in various national and international papers, and she was arrested in 2016 for her collaboration with the pro-Kurdish newspaper Özgür Gündem.
Watch it here ➡️ rewritingthefuture.org/
#freedomofartisticexpression #StateofArtisticFreedom2021 #SAF2021 #RewritingTheFuture #rwrtf Allianz Kulturstiftung
Let's Reclaim the Artists' Space!
Do you know how artists have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic? Let's reclaim the artists' space by hearing their stories.
This week we have the pleasure to feature the Colombian artivist Juan De La Mar. Juan is the director of the short film De De Gris A POSITHIVO and has won several awards including the "Best Creative Documentary" in GZDOC Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival, China and "Best Short Film in Bari International Gender film festival.
#ImagineAPandemicWithoutArt #MusicFreedomDay2021 #artunderthreat #artisticfreedom #musicfreedom #freedom #freedomofexpression #freedomofartisticexpression #freemuse #artstagram
Join today's Socialists and Democrats Group in the European Parliament online event: Media and artistic freedom under attack - Europe has to act.
📍 14.00 CET - 16.00 CET.
Srirak Plipat, Freemuse Executive Director will be one of the panellists during the session on "The arts under pressure: ways forward in a critical climate".
Don't miss it and register for the event here ➡️ bit.ly/3br96Ax
#freedomofartisticexpression #knowartisticrights
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The Socialists and Democrats Group in the European Parliament invites you to join the online event “Media and artistic freedom under attack
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Russian #streetartist #TimofeyRadya @xradyax was arrested and taken to the Leninsky District Court, where he was sentenced to 39 hours of forced labour for participating in an unauthorised #protest in support of #AlexeiNavalny.
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Russia: Street artist sentenced to ‘forced labour’ for participating in a protest
Leninsky District Court sentenced street artist Timofey Radya to 39 hours of forced labour for participating in a protest in support of Alexei Navalny...
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During a court hearing on 28 April 2021, the İstanbul 30th Heavy Penal Court merged the case of five #artists charged with an "attempt to overthrow the government" to the main #Gezitrial.
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#freedomofartisticexpression #GeziParkProtests
Turkey: Artists on trial in relation to the Gezi Park protests
The İstanbul 30th Heavy Penal Court merged the case of five artists charged with “attempt to overthrow the government” to the main Gezi t...
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Grup Yorum’s #choirmember Sercan Toptancı was released from prison on 29 April. He was imprisoned in November 2020 for alleged “membership of terrorist organisation".
@freegrupyorum @Grup_YORUM #GrupYorum #SercanToptancı
Grup Yorum Korosu emekçisi, Sercan Toptancı bugün yapılan tutukluluk incelemesi ile tahliye edildi
Cuban authorities took #artist @LMOAlcantara's to a hospital after approximately a week of #hungerstrike.
Freemuse urges the #Cuban authorities to meet the demands of the artist and to respect #internationalhumanrights.
➡️ https://t.co/hQBi2IRxDU
@Mov_sanisidro
In #Cuba, Revolutionary National Police informed actor, #poet and #clown #ManueldelaCruz that they have initiated a summary judgment process against him, under the charges of "resistance".
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#freedomofartisticexpression @Mov_sanisidro
Cuba: Actor and a clown under summary judgment process over an alleged ‘resistance’
Actor, poet and clown, Manuel de la Cruz had a summary judgment process initiated against him under the charges of “resistance”.
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🔴.Cuban #visualartist @LMOAlcantara is on hunger and thirst strike since 25 April in protest of the ongoing repression of #freedomofartisticexpression in #Cuba. He also demands the return of his #artworks stolen during the raid on @Mov_sanisidro on 17 April.
#Cuba In solidarity with @LMOAlcantara #Cuban #artist & coordinator of the #SanIsidro Movement in a hunger and thirst strike since April 25 in protest for the repression unleashed by the Cuban regime against artists and #humanrights #activists
#Canada
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Musician #IvanPireiko was sentenced to 15 days of administrative arrest in #Belarus after he was arrested on charges of "calling for rebellion" in his #songs.
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#FreedomofArtisticExpression #StreetMusic
Belarus: Musician sentenced to administrative arrest for allegedly ‘calling for rebellion’ in his songs
Musician Ivan Pireiko was sentenced to 15 days of administrative arrest after he was arrested on charges of “calling for rebellion” in his...
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.@LMOAlcantara and #AfrikReina were detained during the raid on the @Mov_sanisidro headquarters on 17 April 2021. Artist #AmauryPacheco was detained when he left the house to demand the return of Alcántara's #artworks stolen during the #raid.
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Cuba: Artists arbitrarily detained
Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara was detained after his release from a previous arrest on 17 April, during which rapper AfrikReina was also arrested.
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During #LesbianVisibilityDay, we highlight that 49 acts of artistic violations against #LGBTI persons and #art were documented by #Freemuse between January 2018 and June 2020.
Read more and support LGBTI people and art ➡️ .
#LesbianVisibilityDay2021
LGBTI Freedom of Artistic Expression
On 10 December, honouring Human Rights Day 2020, Freemuse launched its premier report on LGBTI artists, art and artistic freedom, Painting the Rain...
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Artists #EaindraKyawZin and #PyayTiOo were arrested under the Penal Code Section 505-A for opposing the military amidst the protests of the 1 February #MyanmarCoup.
Freemuse letter in solidarity with artists in #Myanmar:
#FreedomofArtisticExpression
In solidarity with artists and cultural actors in Myanmar - Freemuse
On 1 February 2021, Myanmar military forces, also known as Tatmadaw, declared a state of emergency and seized power in Myanmar through a coup d’...
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Small Changes, Big Impact; Together, what do we want to achieve?
Freemuse has initiated the Small Changes Project in #Lebanon, #Jordan and #Tunisia to expand cultural spaces.
#SmallChangesProject #artisticfreedom #freedomofexpression #freedomofartisticexpression
Small Changes, Big Impact; Together, what do we want to achieve?
Freemuse has initiated the Small Changes Project in #Lebanon, #Jordan and #Tunisia to expand #culturalspaces.
#SmallChangesProject #artunderthreat #artisticfreedom #musicfreedom #freedomofartisticexpression
.#Lebanese singer #ElieMassaad was called in by the Mount Lebanon Intelligence Service for questioning, concerning his #song "We lost you a great ruler", after a group of individuals attributed the song to "a great referen...
#freedomofartisticexpression
Lebanon: Singer questioned because of his song
Singer Elie Massaad was called in for questioning regarding one of his songs, after it was attributed to “a great reference in the country”...
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#Noculturenofuture
There is no recovery or future for #Europe without #culture. Europe needs a new #CulturalDealEU, a transversal, overarching framework to demonstrate the EU's political commitment to place culture at the heart of the European project.
#CulturalDealEU Campaign | Culture Action Europe
There is no recovery or future for Europe without culture. The European cultural ecosystem is convinced that Europe needs a new Cultural Deal, a trans...
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The European cultural ecosystem urge governments to dedicate at least 2% of the Recovery Fund to #culture and put #culture as a priority sector when using funds from #NextGenerationEU.
110+ European cultural networks stand behind this call:
Secure a future for cultural life in Europe | Culture Action Europe
Following the open letter published by 110+ pan-European networks on 30 October 2020 “Make culture central in the EU recovery”, the group ...
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Deadline approaching - one week left before the Member States submit their #NRRPs to Brussels. Ensuring that #culture is an explicit part of the national recovery plans will secure both the future of the sector and its important contribution to #FutureofEurope.
.#Freemuse calls for a comprehensive investigation into the kidnapning of #EntesarAl-Hammadi & 2 other Yemeni actresses by the #Houthimilitia for allegedly violating the #Islamicdresscodes. This is an unacceptable restriction of their #freedom.
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Don’t know @Freemuse98? They work to recognize and defend artistic freedom as a #humanright, and human rights defenders, including cultural rights defenders. See more from them about their work below, and then visit our exhibition: https://t.co/1uPZbGvZ3H
🎭Turkey: Theatre artist Genco Erkal was deposed with the allegations of “insulting the President”, citing his social media posts in 2016. #gencoerkal
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Small Changes, Big Impact; Together, what do we want to achieve?
Freemuse has initiated the Small Changes Project in #Lebanon, #Jordan and #Tunisia to expand #culturalspaces.
Follow us to learn more.
#SmallChangesProject
