On 13 October 2019, a DJ was killed in a cafe in the Leningrad region because of the music he had been playing.

Freemuse speaks with political cartoonist Khalid Albaih on his polarising work and why it was never really about the cartoons at all.

Freemuse speaks with the international organisation on the state of artistic freedom for cartoonists globally, discussing why cartoonists are so “essential to our democracies”.

Ugandan academic Dr Stella Nyanzi has been convicted and sentenced to 18 months in prison for ‘cyber harassment.’

“We stand with the artist and urge authorities to provide a just and commensurate response to his case,” says Delphine Pawlik, Freemuse Programme Manager.

International human rights organisation Freemuse and CADAL, based in Denmark and Argentina respectively, express their concern about the resurgence of repression of referents of Cuban independent culture and express their solidarity with the artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, recently arbitrarily detained.

The latest court date for Cameroonian rapper Valsero has been postponed until 8 October. Freemuse joins the call to release the rapper.

Russian theatre director Kirill Serebrennikov has been released from house arrest after 20 months of detention and announced his return to work.

After five years in a Russian prison, Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov has finally been released in a prisoner exchange between Ukrainian and Russian governments.

“Political satirists are vital to the function of a free and empowered society,” said Freemuse Executive Director Dr Srirak Plipat.