A Liberian music producer was arrested and allegedly assaulted by police after revealing he was behind a hit protest song criticising the government.

Activists are taking to the streets of Kuwait City to protest government censorship that has blacklisted more than 4,300 books in the last five years.

A movie about painter Egon Schiele was pulled from the European Film Festival in Yangon after Myanmar's censorship board banned scenes with nudity.

Ugandan musician Viboyo was detained on charges of offensive communication for allegedly using obscene words to insult the president in a song.

An underwater art gallery in the Maldives was partially destroyed after a court ruled the human sculptures were anti-Islamic ‘idols’.

Artist Seelan Palay has been jailed for two weeks after being convicted and fined for 'staging an unlawful performance without a permit' in Singapore.

Twitter has censored a cartoon by Charb, who was killed in the 2015 attack on the Charlie Hebdo headquarters in Paris.

Performance artist Marina Abramovic was assaulted by a man who smashed a paper portrait over her head after a book signing event in Florence, Italy.

The Ukrainian city of Lviv has banned all Russian-language cultural products such as books, films and songs.

Members of Spanish rap group La Insurgencia have had their two-year jail sentences for "supporting terrorism" reduced to six months on appeal.