Bolshoi Theatre announced that the controversial ballet “Nureyev” will premiere on 9-10 December 2017, despite director Kirill Serebrennikov’s house arrest.

Santander Bank’s cultural centre closed an art exhibition a month ahead of schedule after heavy criticism that works allegedly alluded to taboo topics.

The cast and crew of film “Inxeba” (The Wound) have reportedly come under online attacks, including death threats and threats of violence over film content.

Authorities arrested seven men accused of being gay after they raised a LGBT flag at a concert by band Mashrou' Leila, who is now banned from the country.

Lebanese rock band Mashrou’ Leila announced that Jordanian authorities banned their 27 June 2017 gig in Amman; the 2nd consecutive year they've been banned.

The Kenya Film Certification Board banned 6 US-produced cartoons after they described them as “normalising" and "glorifying homosexual behaviour”.

Uganda’s Media Council banned a Dutch film for a screening at a festival because it “depicts and glorifies homosexuality”, among other objectionable scenes.

The production crew of film ‘Tamara’ in a public statement reported that Catholic University Andrés Bello (UCAB) and Catholic University Santa Rosa (UCSAR) refused to screen their film as they considered it a piece of “transsexual propaganda”.

Literary works censored during Franco’s regime are still being published today with the altered or deleted text deemed unacceptable over 40 years ago.

Palestinian authorities have banned Abbad Yahya’s latest novel for “indecency”, confiscated copies of the novel and issued an arrest warrant for the writer.