The appeals court upheld satirist Keyomars Marzban’s sentence of 23 years of imprisonment for writing on websites funded by the United States.

Guinean reggae singer Elie Kamano has been sentenced to one year of imprisonment on 18 October on charges of unlawful participation in a gathering.

Ugandan academic Dr Stella Nyanzi has been convicted and sentenced to 18 months in prison for ‘cyber harassment.’

A section of the Aichi Triennale 2019 art festival  featuring the 'Statue of a Girl of Peace' was shut down in Nagoya following protests.

Ahead of the 35th UPR session, Freemuse filed five reports to the UN’s official mechanism for reviewing the human rights record of all member states.

Award-winning Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof has been sentenced to one year in prison for "spreading propaganda" against the Islamic republic.

After five years of exile in Laos, the Thai protest band Faiyen arrived in France on August 2019 where they applied for asylum.

Ferhat Tunç is being prosecuted for his peaceful expression … again. Your actions are important and can make a difference in Ferhat’s life and the lives of others like him in Turkey. Stand in solidarity with these artists and demand that Turkey drop all the charges against Ferhat Tunç. Ferhat is now having to defend himself in an appeal of the recent ruling and two other pending cases against him. Together, the charges of all three amount to more than 13 years imprisonment.

Freemuse, along with 17 other organisations, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, have sent an open letter to Equatoguinean President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo calling for the release of artist Ramón Esono Ebalé on the 60th day of his detention without charge.

Freemuse is pleased to learn that artist, activist and journalist Zehra Doğan has been released from a Turkish prison.