The authorities brought actress Entesar Al-Hammadi to a court in Sanaa twice for the hearings on the grounds of alleged “indecent act” and “drugs possession”.

“It made me motivated to continue making art that people find 'controversial' because I want to challenge their ideas and get them to really think about why they find it controversial.”

The Ministry of Culture and National Heritage cancelled the film festival "Herstorie for Women’s Day" because of two movies "The Vibrant Village" and "You Are Overreacting".

Exhibition Melekleri Öldürmeyin organised by Mersin University in Turkey was attacked by unknown individuals, and 93 art pieces have gone missing.

Online community Muzhskoye Gosudarstvo (MS) shared on social media the personal information of Darya Serenko, a Russian feminist artist and activist.

Youth activist and theatre artist Anshu Khanal was anonymously threatened on Facebook and Twitter after participating in the “Women’s March”.

The Cairo Economic Court has rejected dancer Sama Al-Masry’s complaint to overturn her six-months imprisonment for defaming TV host Reham Saeed.

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”.

Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court charged Anonno Mamun and Shaheen Mridha with "making a film with pornographic content" in the film "Nabab LLB".

The six imprisoned artists won their appeal and were released from prison on 6 October. All 11 artists detained in August are now free.