Freemuse Defending Artistic Freedom
ENGLISH STATEMENT BELOW. Ciudad de México, a 13 de julio de 2021.- Las organizaciones …
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Kazakhstan: Artist arrested during an environmental protest
Artist was arrested while performing a "ritual of purification" in front of the House of Minsters to protest a hotel's construction in the Bozzhyra tract.
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IN SOLIDARITY WITH ARTISTS AND CULTURAL ACTORS IN CUBA
Anti-government protests erupted in more than 50 locations across Cuba to demand protections against the spread of COVID-19 and political reform.
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Hungary: Newspaper fined over a satirical cartoon
The Budapest Metropolitan Court convicted newspaper Népszava, after the publication of a cartoon deemed as "insulting for Christian community".
Music
Nigeria: Musician detained overnight as ‘suspected’ criminal
Musician King of Madness was detained on 14 July and kept overnight after Lagos State Police Command pulled him over, reportedly because of his tattoos.
Freemuse announces departure of Executive Director
The Freemuse Executive Committee today announces the departure of its Executive Director, Dr Srirak Plipat.
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Organizaciones y medios independientes llaman al Gobierno de Cuba a respetar el derecho de manifestación y libertad de expresión y a detener la violencia contra manifestantes
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Freemuse calls on Russian authorities to process musician Vadzim Duboiski’s asylum request impartially without Belarussian extradition
12 July 2021 -
Russia: Members of Pussy Riot under 15 days of administrative arrest
9 July 2021 -
Nigeria: Musician accused of releasing ‘blasphemous’ song freed on bail
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Colombia: Musician and social activist killed
1 July 2021
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Freemuse announces departure of Executive Director
21 July 2021The Freemuse Executive Committee today announces the departure of its Executive Director, Dr Srirak Plipat.
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A Social Media Censorship Guidance for Artists has been launched by Don’t Delete Art coalition
13 April 2021 -
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
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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
We are hiring!
Freemuse is currently looking for Accounting and Finance Coordinator to work from our office in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Read more about the job here ➡️ bit.ly/3zKkYYU
#Job #HumanRights #JobOpportunity
Do you have a cultural or artistic project that can create positive change and impact communities?
Apply for the Small Changes mini-grants.
Eligible countries: Lebanon, Jordan and Tunisia
+Songs, Venues, Safe Havens, Collectives, Art Pieces, Performances, Pop-ups, poetry, comics and so on.
📅 DEADLINE: 19 AUGUST 2021
📌 APPLY IN ENGLISH HERE: bit.ly/3ivwkcy
#Jordan #Tunisia #Lebanon #LebanonArt #TunisiaArt #ArtProject #SmallChangesProject #Freemuse #MENAArt #MENA
The Small Changes Project's mini grants "𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱?"
Applicants are encouraged to propose project activities aimed at exploring the role of art and culture in peace building and what could be art and culture's role in changing attitudes and behaviours in violent settings and how this project will contribute positively to social change such as expanding cultural spaces, bridging a cultural gap, promoting peace, artistic freedom, freedom of expression, the right of association so on.
📅 DEADLINE: 19 AUGUST 2021
📌 APPLY HERE: bit.ly/3ivwkcy
#SmallChangesBigImpact #MENA #FreedomofArtisticExpression
المنح الصّغيرة: "كيف يمكنكم تغيير العالم من خلال الفن والثّقافة؟"
نشجّع المتقدّمين على اقتراح مشاريع تهدف إلى استكشاف دور الفن والثقافة في بناء السلام وتغيير المواقف والسلوكيات في البيئات العنيفة وتساهم في إحقاق تغيير اجتماعي. تهدف المشاريع الى توسيع المساحات الثقافية، وسد فجوة ثقافية، وتعزيز السلام والحرية الفنية، وحرية التعبير، والحق في تكوين الجمعيات ، إلخ.
📅 آخر مهلة للتقديم: 19 آب/أغسطس 2021
للتّقدّم، اضغطوا على هذا الرّابط: bit.ly/3xLClrM
#SmallChangesBigImpact #MENA #FreedomofArtisticExpression
𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁'𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲.
Freemuse's #SmallChangesProject offers mini-grants for proposals exploring the role of art and culture in peacebuilding in Lebanon, Jordan and Tunisia.
We encourage projects to answer the question of "How can you use art and culture to transform the world?" and explore the role of art and culture in peacebuilding.
Apply for the grant and tell us what could be art and culture's role in changing attitudes and behaviours in hostile settings and how this project will contribute positively to social change.
📅 DEADLINE: 19 AUGUST 2021
📌 APPLY IN ENGLISH HERE: bit.ly/3ivwkcy
#SmallChangesBigImpact #MENA #FreedomofArtisticExpression
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Freemuse is currently looking for Accounting and Finance Coordinator to work with us from our office in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Read more about the job here: https://bit.ly/3zKkYYU
#Job #HumanRights #JobOpportunity
Do you have a cultural or #artisticproject that can create positive change and impact communities?
Apply for the #SmallChanges mini-grants in Lebanon, #Jordan and #Tunisia +Songs, Venues, Safe Havens, Collectives and more.
DEADLINE 19 AUGUST 2021
APPLY ➡️https://bit.ly/3ivwkcy .
Artist #AskhatAkhmedyarov was arrested on 13 July and later released for performing a "ritual of purification" in front of the House of Ministers in #Kazakhstan's capital to protest a hotel's construction in the Bozzhyra tract
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Kazakhstan: Artist arrested during an environmental protest
Artist was arrested while performing a "ritual of purification" in front of the House of Minsters to protest a h...
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Read the #summaryandrecommendations from webinar organised by Freemuse, @UNHumanRights, and featuring @UNSRCulture: "Speaking Truth to Power: Religious or Minority Belief Artists, Voice and Protest": https://bit.ly/3x4zrx6.
Watch full video here: https://bit.ly/36YiDgT
Freemuse stands in solidarity with #Cuban #artists and #culturalactors who have faced any form of repression and calls on the Cuban authorities to uphold #humanrights in the country. ➡️ https://bit.ly/3i4aRZ5
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Freemuse and @NhimbeTrust have made a joint stakeholder submission to the #UPR of #Zimbabwe. The submission documents the clampdown on the right to #freedomofartisticexpression and the #censorship, #prosecution and #intimidation of #artists.
Freemuse and Nhimbe Trust submit UPR Report on Zimbabwe - Freemuse
Freemuse and Nhimbe Trust have made a joint stakeholder submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Zimbabwe during ...
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Freemuse joins the #Justice4Kizito calls on what would have been the musician's 40th birthday today.
Read more from @hrw about Kizito's life in music and his death in police custody, which is yet to be independently investigated.
Interview: How a Song Sealed the Fate of a Rwandan Gospel Singer
On February 17, 2020, police announced that Kizito Mihigo, a popular Rwandan singer, had been found dead in his cell at a police station in Kigali.
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Today would have marked the 40th birthday of Rwandan singer Kizito Mihigo, but in February 2020 the musician was found dead in a police cell. More than one year on, there has still been no accountability.
Freemuse calls for an independent investigation to ensure #Justice4Kizito.
كيفيّة التّقدّم على المنح الصغيرة؟
احرصوا على اتباع هذه الخطوات للتقدم الى منحة دعم "كيف يمكنك تغيير العالم من خلال الفن؟" في #لبنان و #الأردن و #تونس، الهادفة الى توسيع المساحات الثقافية و#حرية_التعبير الفني في الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا.
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Grant Application process
See how to apply for the #SmallChangesProject mini grants "How can you change the world through art?" in #Lebanon, #Jordan and #Tunisia. The grant is aimed at projects expanding #culturalspaces in the #MENA region.
➡️ https://bit.ly/3ivwkcy
.#Freemuse is launching the search for an interim #ExecutiveDirector to manage the organisation through a transition to a new ED and a new Executive Committee.
Read more about the job and how to apply here ➡️ https://bit.ly/3rmQoBQ
#HumanRights #FreedomofArtisticExpression
منحة دعم
أطلق مشروع "سمول شاينجز" فرصة التقدم الى منحة دعم "كيف يمكنك تغيير العالم من خلال الفن؟" في #لبنان و #الأردن و #تونس. تدعم المنحة المشاريع الهادفة الى توسيع المساحات الثقافية و#حرية_التعبير الفني في الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا.
➡️ https://bit.ly/3xLClrM
𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗧 𝗢𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗬
The #SmallChangesProject has initiated the grant "How can you change the world through art?" in #Lebanon, #Jordan and #Tunisia. It is aimed at projects expanding #culturalspaces in the #MENA region.
➡️ https://bit.ly/3ivwkcy .
Internship opportunity!
Are you a #student or new graduate looking for hands-on experience working in human rights?
Follow the link and apply for a Research Intern remote position at #Freemuse ➡️ https://bit.ly/3hQDaKx
#Internship #HumanRights #Internships #Research
Rita Dewan, #Baul singer from #Bangladesh, is being investigated for 'allegedly' hurting religious sentiments.
Visit the "Reclaiming the Space" campaign to read Rita's full interview ➡️ https://bit.ly/3h7O8cX
#reclaimingthespace #freemuse
🔴 Organizaciones internacionales condenan la represión del gobierno cubano contra las protestas ciudadanas registradas desde el 11 de julio de 2021 y piden al gobierno que respete el derecho de manifestación y libertad de expresión. ️ ️ ➡️https://bit.ly/3xJByYy #SOSCUBA
📣 Este 14 de Julio a las 6:00 P.M. ET nos unimos a @CADAL @_Provea @ZonaD_Descarga y @AtRiskArtists para hablar sobre Arte, protestas creativas y cambio político con @27Ncuba @Mov_sanisidro @comadrepurpura @LaboCiudadano y @festivalesgt
✍🏾 Inscribite: https://bit.ly/3wLfBHj
Freemuse calls on #Russian authorities to process musician #VadzimDuboiski's #asylum request impartially without #Belarussian extradition. He is currently being held in custody in Russia since his arrest on 12 April 2021.
Read the full statement here ➡️ https://bit.ly/2TZhylX .
#Cuba Let us all show the power of SOLIDARITY by helping @afrikreina/her 3 years-old find a home
AfrikReina is an artist/member of @Mov_sanisidro/single mom/forced by the State Security to move @ least 7 times in reprisal for her ideas
#Canada #HumanRights
Un hogar para Afrik y su hijo, organized by Camila James
AfrikReina integrante del Movimiento San Isidro, arista del Spoken Word y madre soltera, s… Camila James needs you...
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#Freemuse stands in #solidarity with #Palestinianartists and welcomes the contributions of #UN #SpecialRapporteur on situation of #humanrights in the Palestinian Territory in his report on the legal status of settlements. Statement of solidarity: #HRC47
In solidarity with Palestinian artists and cultural actors - Freemuse
Freemuse welcomes the important contributions by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Pales...
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