NEWSLETTER 1 — 2007 Happy New Year to all! Freemuse will sign a new agreement with Sida (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency) which enables us to keep up the work we do at the secretariat 2007-2011. New Freemuse report: ‘Hidden Truths’ in Belarus In a new report on music …
Read More »Freemuse Newsletter no. 4 / 2006
Freemuse World Conference attracts leading experts in music censorship Musicians, researchers and media people from Cuba, Afghanistan, and the Middle East are amongst the confirmed speakers at the 3rd Freemuse World Conference on Music and Censorship in Istanbul, 25-26 November 2006. The list of approximately 30 speakers includes guitarist Jason …
Read More »Freemuse Newsletter no. 3 / 2006
Freemuse World Conference in Istanbul The 3rd international conference on music and censorship will take place in Istanbul, November 25-26, 2006. The conference will be hosted by Istanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi and arranged in collaboration with Association for Freedom of Expression, Association for Intercultural Communication and Turkish PEN. The conference …
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FREEMUSE NEWSLETTERno. 1 / 2006 US censorship: New Freemuse report published today The new Freemuse report ‘Singing in the Echo Chamber’ written by Eric Nuzum is published today. The report describes how US musicians were affected and banned after 9/11 and the invasion of Iraq. The title …
Read More »Freemuse Newsletter no. 2 / 2005
CONTENT: Zimbabwe: Censor meets musicians Cuba: Gorki is out of prison Censorship of female musicians: An overview Freemuse.org: New web editor Middle East: Meeting on freedom of musical expression West Africa: Freemuse seminar in Senegal Ghana: Hiplife under attack Ghana: New copyright …
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