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.

Zambian musician Chama Fumba aka Pilato and five other human rights activists have been acquitted over a 2017 peaceful protest outside parliament.

Members of Spanish rap group La Insurgencia have had their two-year jail sentences for "supporting terrorism" reduced to six months on appeal.