The Egyptian radio station Mazika postponed the release of the song “100 accounts” by singers Ahmed Saad and Hassan Shakosh.

Cuba's State Security Department led operations against artists, journalists and activists, who were arrested and held in their homes against their will.

Freemuse new report The State of Artistic Freedom 2020 is an in-depth analysis of 711 acts of violations of artistic freedom in 2019 in 93 countries.

Cuban visual artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara and rapper Maykel Osorbo were taken while on their way to file a complaint against police brutality.

Visual artist Pascale Tarraf was interrogated because of her critiques of President Michel Aoun and his mandate in her Facebook posts.

Dancer and choreographer Kirvan Fortuin was stabbed near Cape Town and died on the way to the hospital. Motivation is still unknown.

Singers Hamda Yousuf Ibrahim and Barwaaqo Mohamed Hashi from the Somaliland band Horn Stars have been returned to detention after initial release by the Regional Court of Hargeisa, reports Human Rights Centre Somaliland. According

Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland cancelled the exhibition "The Breath of Empty Space" because of “troubling community response”.

Freemuse has joined civil society organizations and independent press media to denounce Decree Law 370 and support the right to freedom of expression.

Cartoonist Rafat Alkhateeb has been bullied on social media after he posted a cartoon, in which he portrayed Prime Minister Omar Razzaz.