Egypt’s Syndicate of Musical Professions issued a statement banning 19 Egyptian musicians from performing.

The West Sana’a Court operating under Houthi authorities sentenced four actresses to prison terms on the grounds of “indecency”.

Israeli Police shut down a cultural festival in East Jerusalem, allegedly due to “support from the Palestinian authorities”, and a lack of “written permissions”

Ai-Da, a robot artist, and Aidan Meller, the robot’s creator, were released after being detained for ten days under the suspicion of “espionage”.

Rapper Toomaj Salehi was released on bail after the Iranian Security Forces arrested him over songs criticising the authorities.

The authorities brought actress Entesar Al-Hammadi to a court in Sanaa twice for the hearings on the grounds of alleged “indecent act” and “drugs possession”.

Two unknown masked individuals stabbed Syrian cartoonist and activist Hadeel Ismail on 16 July 2021 in A’zaz, Syria.

  Freemuse welcomes the important contributions by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967 in his new report spotlighting the legal status of the settlements in accordance with the 1998 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Freemuse encourages the mandate to explore further developments of this topic pertaining to artistic freedom and creative expressions.  In May 2021, violence between Israel and Palestine culminated in …

Algerian security services arrested Zakia Mohammed after she posted a video online calling on the Algerian authorities to “stop arbitrary arrests”.

Satirist Shady Abu Zaid was released from prison after two years of detention for alleged “spreading fake news” and “joining a terrorist group”.