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

Ferhat Tunç could soon be sent to jail, but the musician continues to fight for 'arts and artists to be able to freely express themselves'.

Celebrated Uyghur singer Zahirshah Ablimit and his parents are reportedly being detained in re-education camps in Xinjiang.

Turkish musician Azad Bedran has been sentenced to three years and nine months in jail over a music video.

Artists in Rio have staged a performance about torture outside a cultural centre after the government ordered it not be performed in public.

A court in Casablanca has ordered the dissolution of Racines, a cultural organisation that promotes culture and advocates for freedom of expression in Morocco.

Poet Abdirahman Abees has been released from custody in Somaliland after a court found he "exercised his freedom of expression" with his poetry readings.

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.

28 December 2018 marks 300 days behind bars for Galal El-Behairy, who was jailed for "publishing false news"and "insulting the army" in his poetry.