Iranian security forces arrested music producers Mohsen and Behrouz Manouchehri in relation to pop singer Sasy’s music video featuring an adult film actress.
Read More »Tunisia: LGBTI activist and artist sentenced for allegedly ‘insulting police’
LGBTI activist and theatre artist Rania Amdouni released from jail and fined after 4th March sentence of 6 months in prison for insulting the police.
Read More »Freemuse calls for the immediate release of filmmaker Sanaa Seif and for all charges against her to be dropped
Sanaa Seif was sentenced to one and a half years in prison for “spreading false news related to the COVID-19 pandemic” and “misusing social media."
Read More »Israel: Director of a women centre and fashion designer detained while celebrating Palestinian heritage
Israeli police arrested Ikhlas Sayyad and designer Manal Abu Sbaitan for "incitement" during an event celebrating Palestinian culture.
Read More »Egypt: Cartoonist arrested over allegations of spreading fake news
Cortoonist Ashraf Hamdi arrested on false news and social media misuse charges for posting a video on Facebook dedicated to Egypt’s 2011 revolution.
Read More »Egypt: Dancer’s complaint to overturn the prison sentence rejected
The Cairo Economic Court has rejected dancer Sama Al-Masry’s complaint to overturn her six-months imprisonment for defaming TV host Reham Saeed.
Read More »Israel: Film banned over the alleged defamation
A court in Israel has banned the documentary film "Jenin, Jenin" by Palestinian filmmaker Mohamad Bakri.
Read More »Egypt: Actress accused of ‘public indecency’ and ‘contempt of religion’
The date of the first session of actress Rania Youssef’s trial for public indecency and contempt of religion was set on 21 February.
Read More »Freemuse and Center for Human Rights in Iran call for the Iranian authorities to drop all charges against writer Arash Ganji
Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court in Iran sentenced writer Arash Ganji to 11 years in prison after he translated a book from English to Farsi.
Read More »Tunisia: Musician harassed after performing a song with Israeli artist
Singer Noamane Chaari has received threats, was suspended by the Tunisian Artists’ Union and dismissed from his job at the public TV after performing a song.
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