Freemuse Defending Artistic Freedom
Algerian security services arrested Zakia Mohammed after she posted a video online calling on the Algerian authorities to “stop arbitrary arrests”.
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Music
Nigeria: Musician accused of releasing ‘blasphemous’ song freed on bail
Singer Ahmad Abdul was released on bail after being detained for releasing a song "Barhama Gwaska", which was deemed "blasphemous".
Music
Colombia: Musician and social activist killed
Musician and social activist Junior Jein was shot and killed on 13 June 2021 by two individuals while entering “Otro nivel” club in Cali to perform.
Music
Freemuse urges the Belarusian authorities to revoke singer Vladislav Novozhilov’s prison sentence
Singer Vladislav Novozhilov was sentenced on 21 June 2020 to three years of restriction of freedom in an open correctional institution.
Music
Russia: Concert cancelled reportedly due to pressure from authorities
Band AloeVera cancelled their concert, which was scheduled as a part of the Stereoleto festival, due to pressure from authorities.
Visual Arts
Brazil: Exhibition marking slavery abolition cancelled
The exhibition Pertencimento by visual artist Bruno Barbi was cancelled by the shopping centre Villa Romana.
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Algeria: Singer arrested over a video published on social media
24 June 2021 -
Turkey: Rapper detained over allegedly ‘insulting the President’ in his songs
22 June 2021 -
Kenya: Musician’s funding withdrawn over a video of a new song
21 June 2021 -
Turkey: Musician acquitted of terrorism charges
14 June 2021 -
Egypt: Satirist released from prison
11 June 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
Opportunity Alert❗
𝗚𝗼̈𝘁𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗴 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗶𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗹, 𝗦𝘂𝗱𝗮𝗻, 𝗨𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗞𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗿𝗮𝗻, 𝗜𝗿𝗮𝗾, 𝗦𝘆𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘆.
Applications for the Innovative Distribution Support are open from 10 July 2021 to 10 August 2021. For more information ➡️ bit.ly/3A9o5uB
The fund is an initiative supported by the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. It supports development, post-production and innovative the distribution of feature films (fiction, documentary, animation) and series of high artistic level and democratic value.
Image Credits: Göteborg Film Fund
#artisticexpression #supportartists #filmmakers #film #cinema #Brazil #Sudan #Ukraine #Kurdish #Iran #Iraq #Syria #Turkey #Sweden #Götebor #funding #filmfund #filmmaking #creative #art #culture #filmindustry #storytelling #Göteborgfilmfestive #filmfestival
Musician and social activist Junior Jein was shot and killed on 13 June 2021 by two individuals while entering "Otro nivel" club in Cali, Colombia, to perform.
Two suspects have been arrested the same night, but they refused to explain the motivation behind the attack.
Read more here ➡️ bit.ly/3wc3OBc
#JuniorJein #Colombia #FreedomofArtisticExpression
Colombia: Musician and social activist killed
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Musician and social activist Junior Jein was shot and killed on 13 June 2021 by two individuals while entering “Otro nivel” club in Cali to perform.
💬 "𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗱, 𝗜 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼", 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘀 𝗧𝗮𝘄𝗸, 𝗮 𝗟𝗲𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗲.
Artists may experience negative repercussions when they use their creative skills online to express their opinions on issues such as body positivity, sexuality or gender inequalities.
Nicolas emphasised the importance of the tools that help protect artists' digital spaces.
Follow for more artists stories on digital censorship from the region.
#SmallChangesProject #artunderthreat #artisticfreedom #musicfreedom #freedom #freedomofexpression #freedomofartisticexpression #freemuse #artstagram #expression #censorship #humanrights #artistic #art #culture #culturalrights #MENA #Lebanon #Jordan #Tunisia #Artists
Nicolas Tawk
📢 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗟𝗚𝗕𝗧𝗜 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗗𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺!
Let's unite around the common cause of promoting and protecting artistic freedom and advocate together for change on national, regional, and international levels.
Join the network to work with other artists, activists, and organisations to defend freedom of artistic expression globally.
Sign up here ➡️ bit.ly/3jnLW3N
For more info contact us at networks@freemuse.org
#freedomofartisticexpression #knowartisticrights #artunderthreat #artisticfreedom #musicfreedom #artstagram #art #culture #humanrights #organisations #activists #artists #globalactionnetwork #lgbti #gan
𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗸𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗩𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘃 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗼𝘇𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘃'𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲❗
Musician Vladislav Novozhilov (known as Lesley Knife), a member of the band GODS TOWER, was sentenced on 21 June 2021 to three years of restriction of freedom in an open correctional institution.
The sentence results from what the Belarusian authorities have deemed to be "insulting a representative of the authorities” relating to a Facebook comment from August 2020.
Read more here ➡️ bit.ly/3xaxdgM
Беларускі ПЭН / PEN Belarus #FreedomofArtisticExpression #Belarus #GodsTower #LesleyKnife #VladislavNovozhilov
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Musician and #socialactivist #JuniorJein was shot and killed on 13 June 2021 by two individuals while entering "Otro nivel" club in Cali, Colombia, to perform. Two suspects were arrested the same night.
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#Colombia #FreedomofArtisticExpression
Colombia: Musician and social activist killed
Musician and social activist Junior Jein was shot and killed on 13 June 2021 by two individuals while entering &...
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Freemuse supports @pen_int's call for the immediate release of #Cuban artist Hamlet Lavastida. He was detained upon his return from Berlin on 26 June 2021.
#FreedomofArtisticExpression #StandWithCubanArtists #FreeHamlet
We call on the Cuban authorities to immediately release artist Hamlet Lavastida, to cease its harassment of independent writers, journalists and artists, and to respect artistic freedom and freedom of expression @Irenekhan @PVacaV @RELE_CIDH @CIDH https://pen-international.org/news/cuba-hamlet-lavastida-abruptly-imprisoned
"The first time my account got disabled I didn't know what to do", #NicolasTawk, a Lebanese #photographer, recalls his experience with online #censorship during the interview with Freemuse. The artist emphasised the importance of the tools that protect artists' #digitalspaces.
𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗟𝗚𝗕𝗧𝗜 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸!
Freemuse invites #artists, #activists, and organisations to join our #LGBTI Global Action Network to Defend Artistic Freedom.
Sign up here https://bit.ly/3dvrrhJ
For more info contact networks@freemuse.org
#Cuba @artnet joins voices worldwide calling for the release of #Cuban #artist Hamlet Lavastida arbitrarily arrested since Jun26 by the State Security police/Lavastida returned to Cuba on Jun21 after finishing a residency in the Künstlerhaus Bethanien Gallery #Berlin
#FreeHamlet https://twitter.com/artnet/status/1409847881582919683
Artist Hamlet Lavastida has Been Arrested in Havana as Cuban officials continue their crackdown on artistic expression: https://bit.ly/3A7V2HE
Freemuse urges the #Belarusian authorities to revoke musician #VladislavNovozhilov's (known as #LesleyKnife), prison sentence. The #artist was sentenced on 21 June 2021 to three years in prison for his online comments.
➡️ https://bit.ly/3xaxdgM
#GodsTower #LesleyKnife
The band AloeVera had their #concert cancelled in Russia due to reported pressure from the authorities. It was scheduled in Kazan and Saint Petersburg as a part of the #Stereoletofestival.
More here ➡️
#FreedomofArtisticExpression #AloeVeraBand #Russia
Russia: Concert cancelled due to reported pressure from authorities
Band AloeVera cancelled their concert, which was scheduled as a part of the Stereoleto festival, due to pressure from authorities.
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On 11 June 2021, Algerian security services arrested singer Zakia Mohammed after she posted a video online calling on the Algerian authorities to "stop arbitrary arrests".
Read more here ➡️
#FreedomofArtisticExpression #ZakiaMohammed #Algeria
Algeria: Singer arrested over a video published on social media
Algerian security services arrested Zakia Mohammed after she posted a video online calling on the Algerian authorities...
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#Art historian and #curator @carolinabferrer was accused of "public disorder" and received a Precautionary Measure of Home Detention. #Freemuse stands in solidarity with independent #artists in #Cuba and condemns the violations of the right to #freedomofartisticexpression.
On 19 April 2020, authorities in Cebu City in the #Philippines arrested artist Bambi Beltran for a satirical #Facebook post on the city's #COVID-19 situation. Read Bambi´s full interview ➡️ https://bit.ly/2Uv0QL9 #artisticfreedom #womensrights #art #culture #womenandart
Si te perdiste el primer encuentro de KaribeArte sobre "Arte, mujeres y contextos autoritarios" puedes verlo aquí ➡️ https://bit.ly/2UkrFS3
@CADAL @_Provea @ZonaD_Descarga @CartooningPeace @PEN_LAC
#expresiónartística #KaribeArteArte
.#Rapper @sehinsahakahs was detained by #Turkish authorities on 5 June on the the grounds of allegedly "insulting the President" in his #songs. He was released the day after.
Read more here ➡️
#FreedomofArtisticExpression #StateofArtisticFreedom2021
Turkey: Rapper detained over allegedly ‘insulting the President’ in his songs
Turkish authorities detained rap musician Şehinşah on the grounds of allegedly “insulting the President” in two of his songs.
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The #Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) has withdrawn financial support to #musician #Bahati's new album, following a new song's video depicting the #artist smoking a cigar in a casino.
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#FreedomofArtisticExpression #Kenya #Music
Kenya: Musician's funding withdrawn over a video of a new song
The Kenya Film Classification Board withdrew financial support to Bahati following the release of a video where the artist is smoking a cigar.
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#Nigeria: yet another #singer has fallen foul of #Kano state's #blasphemy laws.
The man was reportedly arrested by the Department of State Security in order to prevent a breach of the peace.
Read more: https://dailypost.ng/2021/06/18/dss-foils-attempt-to-disrupt-peace-in-kano/
#EndBlasphemyLaws
📢 Call for Nominations
Freemuse invites #artists, #activists, and #organisations to nominate anyone they believe should be celebrated with the #Freemuse Freedom of #ArtisticExpression Award.
Nominations will be open until 24 June.
Read more here ➡️ https://bit.ly/341GLh9
Te invitamos al primer encuentro de #KaribeArteArte, mujeres y contextos autoritarios.
¡Inscribite! ➡️ https://bit.ly/3w1taTi
Este año nos unimos a @CADAL , @_Provea, @ZonaD_Descarga, @CartooningPeace y @PEN_LAC en defensa de la libertad de #expresiónartística.
.#Satirist Shady Abu Zaid was released from prison on 25 May 2021 after being detained for six months over a video deemed "offensive to the Egyptian police".
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#ShadyAbuZaid #FreedomofArtisticExpression #Egypt #KnowArtisticRights
Egypt: Satirist released from prison
Satirist Shady Abu Zaid was released from prison after two years of detention for alleged “spreading fake news...
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In an effort to best adapt #Freemuse's digital toolkit to the #MENA region, the #SmallChangesProject team organised a focus group with local #Lebanese artists who emphasised the importance of #digitalsecurity literacy.
📧 For more info, email us at: small.changes@freemuse.org
🎬⛔️Stop censoring our fellow Faroese filmmakers!
📢In solidarity with the Faroese filmmakers, we call for immediate protection of arts funding from political censorship & urge Faroese politicians to separate arts funding from political interference
👉https://bit.ly/3czDDxE
.#Rapper @MaykelOsorbo349 is in prison under the charges of disobedience and violence against an authority, resistance and contempt. Freemuse stands in solidarity with independent artists in #Cuba ‼
📢 https://bit.ly/2SgCMLg
#freeMaykelOsorbo #SosCuba #StandWithCuba
