Two actors, director, and producer were arrested for almost 24 hours because of their participation in a play about two gay police officers.

Iraqi artists participating in The Gulf Wars exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York were declined travel visas to the USA.

Freemuse, PEN America, Karima Bennoune, UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights and David Kaye, UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression hosted an expert meeting in New York.

The vocalist of Salvadoran metal band Apes of God was killed while the group was performing a concert in the town of Armenia in El Salvador.

17-year-old Elijah Al-Amin was stabbed and killed for listening to rap music on 4 July 2019. The attacker felt "unsafe" because of rap music.

University campuses in the USA have been host to the emerging trend of censoring artworks–historical or otherwise–in an extension of what is known as the ‘cancel culture’ movement.

Cuba’s controversial new Decree 349 has officially come into effect, but how it will be enforced is yet to be determined.

Several radio stations in North America have stopped playing the holiday classic 'Baby, It’s Cold Outside' following complaints about its lyrics.

Cuban police have arrested performance artist Tania Bruguera and several other Cuban artists over Decree 349 protests.

A group of Cuban artists was arrested before a scheduled public meditation as part of their campaign against the controversial new Decree 349.