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Film
Russia: LGBTI film festival cancelled because of a bomb threat
The Side by Side (Bok o Bok) LGBTI film festival held in St. Petersburg was suspended for over an hour due to information relating to a bomb threat.
Music
‘I am explaining the truth and they want to put me in jail’ – Interview with Spanish rapper Pablo Hasél
Freemuse interview with Pablo Hasél, a rapper and a pro-communist who performs “forbidden songs” which Spanish authorities believe glorify terrorism.
Dance
Germany: Dancer under threat detained in transit to SafeMUSE artistic residency programme
Guatemalan dancer Gato was detained by the Federal Border Police at Frankfurt Airport while on his way to a 6-month artistic residency in Norway.
Literature
UPDATE: Ahmet Altan release overruled – writer arrested again in Turkey
Writer Ahmet Altan has been re-arrested just over a week after his release after serving three years in prison on terror charges.
Theatre
Iran: Satirist sentenced to 23 years in prison because of ‘contact with U.S. enemy state’
The appeals court upheld satirist Keyomars Marzban’s sentence of 23 years of imprisonment for writing on websites funded by the United States.
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Vietnam: Artist and filmmaker documenting miscarriages of justice detained in Hanoi
7 November 2019 -
Freemuse and PEN America host expert meeting facilitated by UN rapporteurs
30 October 2019 -
Guinea: Reggae singer sentenced to prison for attending a protest
25 October 2019 -
“What’s that shit you’re playing?” – a DJ killed in Russia because of his music
15 October 2019 -
“If you make fun of someone, you’re not scared of them” – Interview with artist and activist Khalid Albaih
11 October 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
The 'Side by Side' LGBTI film festival held in St. Petersburg was suspended for over an hour due to information relating to a bomb threat.
The event was held at the Sokos Hotel and the participants were asked to leave the venue after the film started.
“At the moment, a bomb message has been received and the building will be checked. We have to exit the building and we will keep you posted. We are waiting for the check to be finished and we will inform you, ” the organisers said to the public.
Read more here ➡️ bit.ly/2OvpF2Q
Russia: LGBTI film festival cancelled because of a bomb threat
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The Side by Side (Bok o Bok) LGBTI film festival held in St. Petersburg was suspended for over an hour due to information relating to a bomb threat.On 20 November, Freemuse met with its close partners in Brussels for a strategic meeting on promoting artistic freedom in Europe and identifying a common strategic path for civil society, artists, and cultural rights actors.
Keep an eye on our report on the State of Artistic Freedom in Europe, coming out early 2020.
Svenska Postkodstiftelsen
#postkodeffekten #projectforchange #freeeuropeart
One of the pillars of Culture Action Europe's 2019-21 strategic focus is defending the freedom of artistic expression. Today in Brussels, our Freedom of Artistic Expression working group gathered to discuss the urgent issues surrounding this topic. Read more about how CAE works to embed culture in all relevant policy areas of EU action here: cultureactioneurope.org/strategic-focus/
IETM international network for contemporary performing arts European Music Council UNESCO Representation to the European Institutions Freemuse Humanists International
Defending artistic freedom in Europe - EWA Women
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Working group meeting to defend artistic freedom in Europe A working group of organizations including UNESCO, FERA , European Music Council, Artists at risk, Jeunesses Musicales International, Freemuse, Culture Action Europe, Human Rights Watch, IETM and EWA Network will meet in Brussels to discuss....
Una plataforma internacional se hace eco de la represión que sufrimos aquí los artistas y publica varias declaraciones mías.
.#Freemuse met with its close partners in #Brussels for a strategic meeting on promoting #artisticfreedom in #Europe.
Keep an eye on our report on the State of Artistic Freedom in Europe coming out early 2020.
#postkodeffekten #projectforchange #FreeEuropeArt
UPDATE: At a hearing earlier today, 2 members of @Grup_YORUM who had been imprisoned for nearly 2 years were released. 3 more are still behind bars. Read ARC's full profile here:
@freedomforgy @pen_int @IndexCensorship @aforgutu @PENamerica @englishpen
https://t.co/JGFUd8b8GH
Our working group on Defending the Freedom of Artistic Freedom kicked off today in Brussels! See the full CAE 2019-21 strategy here: https://t.co/fhhSjVI460
@IETM @EMC_IMC @UNESCOEU @Film_directors @ECF_tweets @SwedeninEU @hrw @Freemuse98
@josefroy2 @lijumdar @Beaking_News @Freemuse98 @JershCarroll @davidbaulk @oslow99 @bughermk1 @athan_info @amnestysasia BREAKING NEWS: Court in Yangon #Myanmar has sentenced six members of the poetry troupe to another year in prison.
Read their letter from jail: https://t.co/7Zo5bo040i
Director of the film ‘#Booksmart’, @oliviawilde shared changes made to the #film after she watched an edited version of it showed during her flight with #DeltaAirlines. The airline removed a kiss between #KaitlynDever and #DianaSilvers’ character but kept heterosexual kisses.
I finally had the chance to watch an edited version of Booksmart on a flight to see exactly what had been censored. Turns out some airlines work with a third party company that edits the movie based on what they deem inappropriate. Which, in our case, is ... female sexuality? 🤔
TONIGHT!
Don’t miss the MAI KHOI & THE DISSIDENTS documentary @DOCNYCfest - a must see about the status of free expression in Vietnam and on the transformative power of music! https://t.co/QQY4DK48wn
#ArtisticFreedom @MaiKhoiOi @PENamerica @safemuse @tamizdatinc @artistic_AFI
truly shocking. Ahmet Altan released by court order in #Turkey. @RTErdogan objects. now Altan faces imminent re-arrest. how to describe other than as an abuse of law, power, process.
This is heartbreaking, appalling. It's psychological torture and a gross violation of int. law & human rights. Writer/journalist Ahmet Altan arrested only 6 days after release. Shame!#journalismisnotacrime #FreeAhmetAltan @philippesands @englishpen @pen_int
Milena Buyum on Twitter
“A photography of shame. #FreeAhmetAltan #Solidarity”
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Freemuse is at the Learning #Tech for Change #seminar in #Copenhagen today!
@AcademyHum Innovation Director Atish Gonsalves is currently delivering his keynote speech on #Innovations for Learning.
Freemuse welcomes the news that writer Ahmet Altan (@_ahmetaltan) was released after more than three years spent in prison in Turkey for terror conviction.
Turkey: Writer released from prison after serving more than three years
Writer Ahmet Altan was released after more than three years spent in prison for terror conviction.
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The appeals court upheld #satirist #KeyomarsMarzban's (@KeyomarsM) sentence of 23 years and nine months of imprisonment for his contribution to websites funded by the #UnitedStates. He will spend 11 years in prison for “contact with U.S. enemy state.”
Iran: Satirist sentenced to 23 years in prison because of ‘contact with U.S. enemy state’
The appeals court upheld satirist Keyomars Marzban’s sentence of 23 years of imprisonment for writing on websites funded by the United States.
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Last week, renowned Pakistani artist Adeela Suleman set up a remarkable installation in Karachi, the sprawling capital of southwestern Sindh province. On the morning of Sunday 27 October, men in plainclothes forced the exhibition’s closure.
#Censorship
An Attack on Artistic Freedom Highlights Pakistan’s Crackdown on Free Speech
When an artist tried to highlight the harrowing human cost of police violence, her exhibit was shut down – one more voice silenced in Pakistan.
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Five members of #satirical dance group #PeacockGeneration were sentenced to one-year imprisonment in #Myanmar.
Sign this petition calling for the artists to be released.
Sign the petition to release Peacock Generation from prison
Members of the Myanmar thangyat troupe Daung Doh Myo Sat (Peacock Generation) have been imprisoned for a performance in which they donned military dre...
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German #DJ @Zedd (real name Anton Zaslavski) claims that he has been permanently banned from #China after he "liked" a #tweet posted by the @SouthPark #Twitter account.
Zedd on Twitter
“I just got permanently banned from China because I liked a @SouthPark tweet.”
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I just got permanently banned from China because I liked a @SouthPark tweet.
Last week, ARC hosted @Freemuse98 and @UNSRCulture and @davidakaye for an experts meeting on defending artistic freedom in the @PENamerica office:
https://t.co/zFRNYqWHOP
We're looking for a #Europe Project Manager (Parental Cover) based in #Brussels, Belgium to join the #Freemuse team.
Find out more and apply here 👉 https://t.co/vf7zSy9i5W #Jobs #jobsearch #jobbrussels
Freedom of artist expression is key on the agenda at today's Defending Artistic Expression expert meeting with @karimabennoune, @davidakaye and many others in the field of artistic expression. #artisticfreedomdefenders #artisnocrime @AtRiskArtists @PENamerica
'We face very difficult challenges of getting #artists the same protections as other cultural rights defenders'. Dr Srirak Plipat at the #cultural rights #defenders meeting @karimabennoune and @AtRiskArtists #artisnocrime
#Freemuse welcomes the news that #Rafiki has been shown in the Milimani High Court in #Kenya. The screening was a part of a court case.
Wanuri on Twitter
“RAFIKI screening done. Judge back on the bench. Judge thanks the people and asks for a few paragraphs to be submitted based on the film. Argume...
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RAFIKI screening done. Judge back on the bench. Judge thanks the people and asks for a few paragraphs to be submitted based on the film. Arguments to be heard on 3rd December.
On 13 October, a DJ was killed in a cafe in the Leningrad region because of the music he had been playing.
via @Freemuse98
https://t.co/agzQgSrWOx
