Dareen Tatour released from prison, Ferhat Tunç sentenced, Shahidul Alam refused bail, no extradition for Valtonyc, and Pilato's trial continues.
Read More »August 2018: Free Shahidul Alam, two poets jailed, and Freemuse events
Freemuse continues to call for the release of Bangladeshi photographer Shahidul Alam and two poets who were jailed in Israel and Egypt.
Read More »July 2018: Spotlight on Turkey, LGBT, and Freemuse in Brussels
Growing hostilities in Turkey against artistic expression; Three cases of LGBT in the arts; Upcoming event with Culture Action Europe.
Read More »June 2018: Three cases of prosecution in Egypt, Zambia and Turkey
Egyptian poet Galal El-Behairy sentencing postponed; Zambian musician Pilato trial adjourned; Three Turkish rappers detained and charged.
Read More »May 2018: Three troubling cases in Spain, Zambia and Egypt
Zambian musician Pilato detained; Spanish rapper Valtonyc denied appeals; Egyptian poet Galal El-Behairy detained
Read More »March 2018: Music Freedom Day and The State of Artistic Freedom Report
On 15 March 2018, Freemuse, together with PEN Sweden, will launch The State of Artistic Freedom Report 2018 in Stockholm.
Read More »November 2017: Cartoonist detained over 60 days with no charge
Freemuse and 17 other organisations have sent an open letter to Equatorial Guinea's President calling for the release of cartoonist Ramón Esono Ebalé.
Read More »October 2017 Newsletter: Troubling events in the world of artistic freedom
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.
Read More »Artsfreedom newsletter: We remember Shaima Rezayee
New UN report on “fundamentalism, extremism and cultural rights” by Ms Karima Bennoune, the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights.
Read More »Artsfreedom newsletter: Turkey – The Freemuse Files
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 …
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