An Istanbul court extended an arrest warrant issued against Tunç to obtain his defence regarding the artist’s charges of “insulting the president."
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Two actors, director, and producer were arrested for almost 24 hours because of their participation in a play about two gay police officers.
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Guinean reggae singer Elie Kamano and nine other detainees were released from prison on 28 November.
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Musician Cherif Atmani was arrested in Tizi Ouzou for carrying posters calling for the rejection of the presidential elections.
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Uyghur signer Sanubar Tursun was booked to perform at a ceremony organised by the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, but she did not appear.
Read More »USA: Iraqi artists denied visas for travelling to the USA for MoMA exhibition
Iraqi artists participating in The Gulf Wars exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York were declined travel visas to the USA.
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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.
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Freemuse interview with Pablo Hasél, a rapper and a pro-communist who performs “forbidden songs” which Spanish authorities believe glorify terrorism.
Read More »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.
Read More »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.
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