A Nigerian radio station has been fined by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) for playing “vulgar and indecent” music.

Kanata, a play portraying Canadian Indigenous history, was cancelled after some co-producers withdrew funding following “aggressive controversy”.

A Gran Canaria court dismissed an appeal by the Association of Christian Lawyers against a drag performance that was found to be not offensive.

Freemuse renews its call for Turkish authorities to release imprisoned artist Zehra Doğan, who was jailed over a painting.

Freemuse calls for the immediate release of Bangladeshi photographer and activist Shahidul Alam and charges against him to be dropped.

Los Angeles police are investigating a second death threat against Jimin, a vocalist in K-pop boy band BTS, ahead of the group’s upcoming world tour.

Cuban musician Gorki Águila was temporarily arrested and held in a police car under sweltering temperatures for almost two hours in Havana.

One Grand Gallery in Portland, Oregon removed a controversial artwork of Donald Trump from its shop window after receiving threats of violence.

A 14-year-old boy in England was banned from performing a drag act at his school’s end-of-year talent show because it was deemed “age inappropriate”.

On 31 July 2018, Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour was sentenced to five months in prison on charges of inciting terrorism over a poem and online posts.