Ahnaf Jazeem remains in detention after being arrested in May 2020 under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) in relation to his poetry book.

The trial had been adjourned to 6 April 2021, and German authorities rejected Turkey's request for taking the artist's statement in Germany.

During Hozan Canê's hearing on 20 October on acquittal for charges of “aiding a terrorist group", the court adjourned the case to 9 February 2021.

In June 2020, a Chinese court sentenced Tibetan musician Lhundrub Drakpa to 6 years in jail for “separatist activities” in his song "Black Hat".

An exhibition by Scottish artist Sekai Machache, was destroyed allegedly because of the exhibition’s message treating about racism in Scotland.

Turkish prosecutors have reopened the case of Aslı Erdoğan, with charges of membership of a terrorist organization, and undermining national unity.

Azad Bedran has been sentenced to three years and nine months imprisonment for his song Partizan and its music video.

Adriana Tamariz was discharged from her office after organizing an event where an art project was assumed to be a criticism of the government.

Ethiopian singer, songwriter and Oromo ethnic group activist Hachalu Hundessa was shot in Addis Ababa and died of wounds in hospital.

Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland cancelled the exhibition "The Breath of Empty Space" because of “troubling community response”.