Cartoonist Safer Selvi acquitted after being tried at Istambul Penal Court for "insulting the president" on 11 comics he created between 2014 and 2017.

Ahmet Telli was acquitted of “insulting the president” in the social media posts during the third session of the 22nd Ankara Court of First Instance.

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”.

Legal authorities from the Democratic Republic of the Congo lifted the ban on the previously censored song “Mama Yemo” by artist Le Karmapa.

Members of Grup Yorum, Sultan Gökçek and Bergün Varan, were released from jail on bail after they were arrested during the police raid in November 2019.

The court dismissed all charges against Bambi Beltran after she was arrested on 19 April for writing a post regarding the coronavirus situation.

German curator and arts manager Hella Mewis was abducted by unidentified armed men outside her office in central Baghdad.

The song "Diami Bahar", created in collaboration between Pakistani singer Hadiga Kiami and Turkish artist Ali Tolga, has been removed from YouTube.

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

Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour is appealing her conviction for "inciting violence" after serving five months in an Israeli jail.