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.
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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.
Read More »‘I am explaining the truth and they want to put me in jail’ – Interview with Spanish rapper Pablo Hasél
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.
Read More »Iran: Satirist sentenced to 23 years in prison because of ‘contact with U.S. enemy state’
The appeals court upheld satirist Keyomars Marzban’s sentence of 23 years of imprisonment for writing on websites funded by the United States.
Read More »Vietnam: Artist and filmmaker documenting miscarriages of justice detained in Hanoi
According to a publication, it is alleged that his activism could put him at higher risks of a targeted judicial response.
Read More »Thai protest band Faiyen safe in France
After five years of exile in Laos, the Thai protest band Faiyen arrived in France on August 2019 where they applied for asylum.
Read More »Turkey: Film director tried on terror charges
Kazım Öz appeared before the court on 1 October 2019 on charges of “being a member of a terrorist organization”.
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