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UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural right report focuses on the grave impact fundamentalism & extremism have on the cultural rights of women.

In her second report to the Human Rights Council, Karima Bennoune – the United Nations Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights – considers how the rise of fundamentalism and extremism, in diverse forms, represent major threats to human rights worldwide.

Two recent reports on publishers and film festivals in Turkey show the extent of pressure and artistic freedom violations that artists, publishers and organisers in these two sectors have to endure in an increasingly difficult environment.

On 24 August 2016, Arterial Network, a civil-society network based in Africa, released its compilation of essays, stories and reflections on the state of freedom of creative expression in the continent entitled ‘How Free is FREE?’.

Significant shortcomings in the promotion of democracy and human rights feature highly in the European Commission’s 2015 Progress Report on Turkey, which points to ‘significant backsliding’ on protection of freedom of expression in the last two years after several years of progress.

Turkey is going through a time in history whereby the concept of ‘criticism’ has lost its substance," according to a new report from Turkish Publishers Association.

This 60-page report presents data and information related to violations of freedom of expression in Turkey, including the effects of the judicial system, law on freedom of expression, self-censorship, pressure on the press, hate speech and freedom of religion and conscience.

National Coalition Against Censorship in the U.S. has published a toolkit for organising against theatre censorship in public schools, designed to provide students with the resources to navigate tensions in local communities and lead the fight for artistic freedom.

A new 33-page report by Art for Democracy details cases of violations of the right to artistic freedom of expression over the past three years in Azerbaijan.

The United Nations Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, Farida Shaheed, launched a new study on the impact of advertising and marketing practices on cultural rights.

Following a mapping exercise covering 70 percent of Africa, Arterial Network released its first preliminary report on the state of freedom of creative expression in Africa in October 2013.

Members of the European Parliament will join a lunchtime presentation of the UN Report ‘The Right to Freedom of Artistic Expression and Creativity’ at the European Parliament in Brussels on 2 October 2013.

Widespread self-censorship and fear of causing offence is suppressing creativity and ideas in the United Kingdom, according to a conference report published by Index on Censorship, ‘Taking the Offensive’. There are multiple pressures on artistic freedom of expression and censorship has become a major issue for the arts sector in this country, the report reveals. …

The core message in a 33-page paper by Arts Engage entitled ‘2010 Arts Community Position Paper on Censorship and Regulation’ is: “Censorship isn’t working. Regulate instead”.

This study provides a comprehensive assessment of censorship in Lebanon which will hopefully allow local artistic and cultural actors the opportunity to lobby for the most appropriate legislative amendments to the current censorship regulations.