Rapper and social leader Sneider Múñoz Silv, a.k.a JS was shooted six times by two hitmen in his neighbourhood located in Cali, Colombia.
Read More »Cuba: Artists detained to prevent them from gathering at an event
Artists, activists and journalists were detained to prevent them from gathering during an event organised as a tribute of poet José Martí.
Read More »Cuba: Rapper Maykel Osorbo detained
Maykel Osorbo was briefly detained at the police station without an official cause. A few days before the detention, he announced an online concert.
Read More »Cuba: Artists denounced on Cuban Television
The Cuban Institute of Radio and Television broadcasted a newscast during which the authorities accused artists and activists from the 27N group of being “financed by the United States”.
Read More »Chile: Police Force’s complaint against feminist collective for allegedly inciting violence against them dismissed
The court ruled a dismissal on the complaint filed against Las Tesis by The Chilean Police Force on the charges of “attack on authority” and “threat”.
Read More »Mexico: Narcocorrido musician killed
Narcocorridos accordionist and member of the musical group Máximo Impacto, Gabino Ayala was killed in his car by a group of unknown individuals
Read More »Interview with Jota Ramos, Colombian rapper targeted because of his activism
‘The role of artists anywhere in the world can be understood as a journalistic task that records realities.’
Read More »Joint call for the release of imprisoned rappers Denis Solis Gonzalez and Didier Almagro in Cuba and an end to police harassment against artists in the country
We are extremely concerned for the state of artistic freedom in Cuba and the resultant hunger and thirst strikes in reaction to these prison sentences.
Read More »Cuba: Member of San Isidro Movement arbitrarily detained
Activist Denis Solís was detained after sharing a video on 6 November of a police officer entering his house without a warrant.
Read More »USA: Netflix indicted over promoting lewd visual material
23 September: A Texas grand jury in Tyler County has indicted Netflix over allegedly promoting lewd visual material of clothed or partially clothed minors in the French movie Mignonnes / Cuties, according to the New York Post. The charges mention that the visual material “appeals to the prurient interest in sex, and has no serious, literary, artistic, political or …
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