An Istanbul court extended an arrest warrant issued against Tunç to obtain his defence regarding the artist’s charges of “insulting the president."
Read More »Russia: LGBTI film festival cancelled because of a bomb threat
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 »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”.
Read More »“What’s that shit you’re playing?” – a DJ killed in Russia because of his music
On 13 October 2019, a DJ was killed in a cafe in the Leningrad region because of the music he had been playing.
Read More »Cartooning for Peace – the response to violence against cartoonists
Freemuse speaks with the international organisation on the state of artistic freedom for cartoonists globally, discussing why cartoonists are so “essential to our democracies”.
Read More »Freemuse calls for all charges to be dropped against actor Pavel Ustinov
“We stand with the artist and urge authorities to provide a just and commensurate response to his case,” says Delphine Pawlik, Freemuse Programme Manager.
Read More »Russia: Theatre director’s case is sent back to prosecutors
Russian theatre director Kirill Serebrennikov has been released from house arrest after 20 months of detention and announced his return to work.
Read More »Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov released from prison
After five years in a Russian prison, Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov has finally been released in a prisoner exchange between Ukrainian and Russian governments.
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