Freemuse Defending Artistic Freedom

D-5 before #musicfreedomday kicks off!

Join the Political Scientist, Sofia, for an online informal debate on #freedomofartisticexpression in #spain focusing on the arrest of the #rapper #PabloHasél.

Join via Zoom link below on 5 March at 4 pm CET.
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The last #keyfinding from the Freemuse's latest report is of misuse of anti-terror legislation and its continuation to oppress opposing and #minority voices, with 43 #artists silenced as 'terrorists' and three deaths.
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Freemuse's report on the #StateofArtisticFreedom2021 published today, highlights that #blasphemylaws and grounds of hurting #religious sentiments still pose extreme threat to human life.
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#SAF2021

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The #StateofArtisticFreedom2021 finds that efforts to express #politicaldissent in the wake of the Black Lives Matter Movement has led to mass culture cancellation, with the destruction of #monuments, #statues, and #murals.
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#SAF2021

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Our latest #report discovers that the #COVID19 is weaponised against #freedomofexpression, with #censorship justified by governments on the grounds of 'fighting disinformation', silencing #artists through detention, prosecution, and imprisonment.
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In its flagship report "The State of Artistic Freedom 2021" published today, Freemuse highlights #keyfindings concerning #artisticfreedom violations in 2020.
Read the full report here ➡️ https://t.co/VO4bo7ap67
#freedomofartisticexpression #StateofArtisticFreedom2021 #SAF2021

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📌The State of Artistic Freedom 2021 #report is available now!

This year's report documents an analysis of 978 acts of violations of #artisticfreedom in 2020 in 89 countries and online spaces.

Read the report here➡️https://t.co/VO4bo7ap67

#StateofArtisticFreedom2021 #SAF2021

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"Secondly, we also urge governments to work with civil society, #artists, #culturalworkers, to develop strategy and action plan, to protect artists, to ensure their safety and of artists and audience," Srirak Plipat, FM Executive Director ending his presentation of the #SAF2021

"One [recommendation] is certainly the need to address legal framework, which has been the main tool for silencing artists and limited freedom of expression," Dr Srirak Plipat, FM #ExecutiveDirector about recommendations from The #StateofArtisticFreedom 2021.
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"It's also important that whenever there is crisis...or now staying together during the pandemic respect of human rights continues to be an essential part in addressing some of the challenges that we are facing," Dr Srirak Plipat, FM #ExecutiveDirector
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"Prosecution is one of the major steps leading to imprisonments. We have seen very alarming increase level of almost four time compare to the previous year on prosecution," Srirak Plipat FM #ExecutiveDirector during the #launch of the #StateofArtisticFreedom2021

#SAF2021 "Mostly they are [imprisonments] due to artists getting active in expressing themselves with the #politicalsystem and political development in their #countries. For some, it is quite directly because they criticise #government," Srirak Plipat FM #ExecutiveDirector

"The year 2020 has been extremely difficult for artists and cultural workers. The freedom to express themselves, their right to create has been limited in a way we have not seen before," Srirak Plipat FM #ExecutiveDirector during presentation of the #StateofArtisticFreedom2021

#MusicFreedomDay2021 celebrations will also be held online! The singer, songwriter, and HR activist SONiA @disappearfear will perform a live Facebook concert on 2 March 2021 to celebrate #MusicFreedomDay. She will also... #COVID #ImagineAPandemicWithoutArt
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