Dareen Tatour released from prison, Ferhat Tunç sentenced, Shahidul Alam refused bail, no extradition for Valtonyc, and Pilato's trial continues.

Freemuse continues to call for the release of Bangladeshi photographer Shahidul Alam and two poets who were jailed in Israel and Egypt.

Growing hostilities in Turkey against artistic expression; Three cases of LGBT in the arts; Upcoming event with Culture Action Europe.

Egyptian poet Galal El-Behairy sentencing postponed; Zambian musician Pilato trial adjourned; Three Turkish rappers detained and charged.

Zambian musician Pilato detained; Spanish rapper Valtonyc denied appeals; Egyptian poet Galal El-Behairy detained

On 15 March 2018, Freemuse, together with PEN Sweden, will launch The State of Artistic Freedom Report 2018 in Stockholm.

Freemuse and 17 other organisations have sent an open letter to Equatorial Guinea's President calling for the release of cartoonist Ramón Esono Ebalé.

Over the summer and beginning of autumn, Freemuse has called on the authorities of several countries to drop charges on and release artists that are being unjustly targeted, as well as calling on authorities to strengthen their protection of artists and audiences.

New UN report on “fundamentalism, extremism and cultural rights” by Ms Karima Bennoune, the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights.

News and knowledge about artistic freedom of expression   View this email in your browser Turkey – The Freemuse Files on Censorship of the Arts As President Tayyip Erdogan continues to tighten his grip on power and thousands of academics, activists, journalists, judges and teachers have been arrested or lost …