Freemuse Defending Artistic Freedom
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.
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Freemuse calls for the immediate release of Ugandan academic Dr Stella Nyanzi
Ugandan academic Dr Stella Nyanzi has been convicted and sentenced to 18 months in prison for ‘cyber harassment.’
Film
Freemuse calls for all charges to be dropped against actor Pavel Ustinov
“We stand with the artist and urge authorities to provide a just and commensurate response to his case,” says Delphine Pawlik, Freemuse Programme Manager.
All Arts
Freemuse and CADAL alert for artistic repression in Cuba
International human rights organisation Freemuse and CADAL, based in Denmark and Argentina respectively, express their concern about the resurgence of repression of referents of Cuban independent culture and express their solidarity with the artist L
Music
Cameroon: Why the charges against rapper Valsero set an alarming tone for artists globally
The latest court date for Cameroonian rapper Valsero has been postponed until 8 October. Freemuse joins the call to release the rapper.
Theatre
Russia: Theatre director’s case is sent back to prosecutors
Russian theatre director Kirill Serebrennikov has been released from house arrest after 20 months of detention and announced his return to work.
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Freemuse calls for action on freedom of expression with five UPR reports
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Maldives: Ongoing struggle for artistic expression
1 July 2019 -
“We now fear for our lives” – Thai musicians plead for safety
3 July 2019 -
Iran: Female musicians targeted for their artistic expression
21 June 2019 -
Freemuse calls for the release of Myanmar’s Peacock Generation thangyat troupe from Insein Prison
31 May 2019
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June 2019: The latest report and positive development in Egypt
28 June 2019Freemuse shares the latest report on Privatising Censorship, Digitising Violence: Shrinking Space of Women’s Rights to Create in the Digital Age.
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May 2019: Spotlight – detained performers and art censorship
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April 2019: Spotlight – artists released from prison
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March 2019: The State of Artistic Freedom 2019
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February 2019: New regulations in Uganda restricting artistic freedom, and artists released from jail
28 February 2019
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Freemue and Roskilde Festival announce new partnership to protect the human right to artistic expression
15 July 2019Roskilde Festival Gives 1,5 m DKK Grant Over Three Years. Freemuse Calls For Artistic Freedom Defenders.
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Freemuse and ARC call for Singapore government to drop charges against artist Seelan Palay
24 September 2018 -
Take action: PEN International and Freemuse protest the continued detention of Shahidul Alam
29 August 2018 -
Freemuse and CADAL joint letter to the European Union’s EEAS
4 June 2018 -
New regulations in Cuba to comprehensively control artists and their expression
8 August 2018
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Release Peacock Generation from prison
29 July 2019 -
Drop charges against musician Ferhat Tunç in Turkey
27 September 2018 -
Open letter to the President of Equatorial Guinea: Release artist and writer Ramón Esono Ebalé
16 November 2017 -
Let Women Sing
21 July 2017 -
In prison for a year in Iran; artists call for musician’s and filmmaker’s release
1 June 2017
An excellent piece from one of our Artistic Freedom Defenders!
Want to become an artistic freedom defender? Find out more at www.artisticfreedomdefenders.org
#artisnocrom #writers #artists #freedomofartisticexperssion
Tackling the catastrophic canonical neglect of Irish women poets and writers
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‘We need the voices of women in our national cultural narrative’Freemuse attended the Culture Action Europe event 'Act for Culture' this week, where MEPs and Permanent Representatives for Culture from the Member States were present together with many strong actors from the European #culture sector to discuss the new legislative period and democratic mandate. The Chair of the CULT Committee Sabine Verheyen vowed to put culture at the heart of policy-making in the EU. Freemuses thanks the MEPs for emphasising the sense of urgency in bringing back culture and asked them to collaborate with Freemuse to improve artistic freedom in Europe.
#FreeEuropeArt #postkodeffekten
#artisnocrime #artisticfreedomLas organizaciones internacionales de derechos humanos Freemuse y CADAL, basadas en Dinamarca y Argentina, respectivamente, expresan su preocupación por el recrudecimiento de la represión a referentes de la cultura independiente cubana, se solidarizan con el artista Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, recientemente detenido de manera arbitraria; piden la intervención de los relatores de la ONU para la libertad de expresión y asociación, los derechos culturales y las detenciones arbitrarias; vuelven a solicitarle a la Unión Europea que condicione la cooperación económica cultural con el gobierno de Cuba al respeto por los derechos humanos y que incluya entre sus beneficiarios a las iniciativas no oficiales; y finalmente reclaman la liberación del músico Maykel Castillo Pérez.
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Leé el comunicado completo en:
www.puentedemocratico.org/comunicados/?id=12294
#derechoshumanos #LibertadDeExpresion #Cuba #CubaLibre #libertad #democracia #relacionesinternacionales #Politicaregional #Americalatina #noaldecreto349 #349
Freemuse and CADAL express their concern about the resurgence of repression of referents of Cuban independent culture and express their solidarity with the artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, recently arbitrarily detained.
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Freemuse and CADAL alert for artistic repression in Cuba
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International human rights organisation Freemuse and CADAL, based in Denmark and Argentina respectively, express their concern about the resurgence of repression of referents of Cuban independent culture and express their solidarity with the artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, recently arbitrarily ...Video footage of the actor's arrest tells an alarming story.
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#artisticfreedom #actor #Russia #artisnocrime
Freemuse calls for all charges to be dropped against actor Pavel Ustinov
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“We stand with the artist and urge authorities to provide a just and commensurate response to his case,” says Delphine Pawlik, Freemuse Programme Manager.
Inspiring morning at @diisdk discussing #gender, #policy and #Governance.
'My mandate is clear, to bring #culture at the heart of policy-making' says @sabineverheyen & promises to work towards #bringcultureback in @GabrielMariya title #actforculture. We MPs to collaborate on improving artistic freedom in Europe #FreeEuropeArt #postkodeffekten
Freemuse thanks Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture @EU_Commission & @actforculture for a fruitful meeting discussing the Work Plan for Culture 2019-2022. Exciting initiatives in the pipeline #FreeEuropeArt #postkodeffekten #projectforchange
"Charging and sentencing Stella for exercising the right to #freedomofexpression violates and undermines the basic human rights that she is entitled to,” said Freemuse. We stand with Stella and join the call for her release. Read our full statement👉https://t.co/Oti7kjpiUF
Uganda: Writer and academic Stella Nyanzi convicted and sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment. #Uganda #FreeStellaNyanzi @Pawa254 https://t.co/acDT9izKl4 @bonifacemwangi @englishpen @pen_int @LarryMadowo @Nanjala1 @cobbo3 @miss_mumbz @RosebellK @ntvuganda
Read the statement from #novelist @kamilashamsie in response to having the Nelly Sachs prize rescinded. The prize awards novelists for promoting “tolerance and reconciliation”. Artists should always be free to express themselves without fear of punishment. #books #artisnocrime https://t.co/H6pDI2CUfj
Various lawyers have called for #actorandsinger #MohamedRamadan to be banned from performing after his concert in #Egypt.
The complaint relates to Ramadan performing in a "see-through shirt", shorts and a vest while dancing provocatively.
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Lawyers Call for Musicians Syndicate to Ban Mohamed Ramadan From Performing
A couple of days following Egyptian actor and singer Mohamed Ramadan’s controversial concert in Egypt’s North coast, various lawyers have ...
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Freemuse calls on President Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen @EU_Commission to bring back culture. Following the announcement of the Commissioner-Designates last Tuesday, Culture Action Europe launched a public campaign urging Ms President to bring culture back! Sign below.
Support the new campaign of @actforculture to demand culture back in the commissioner @GabrielMariya title @vonderleyen
❗ Sign here now ❗ https://t.co/oLOYiUnqYd ❗
https://t.co/9Vb1S7Ephx
Finnish #EUpresidency @EU2019FI presented their priorities with #minister of science & culture @KosonenHanna during the @EPCulture. #Freemuse supports @EU2019FI & the MEPs in committing to the 2019-22 Work Plan mentioning #artisticfreedom. #postkodeffekten #projectforchange
.@CIVICUSalliance interview with Srirak Plipat, Executive Director of @Freemuse98 , the main international civil society organisation advocating for and defending the freedom of expression of #artists about the state of artistic expression https://t.co/wl2rHdeK91
From @Freemuse98, sign the petition to release the Myanmar performance troupe 'Daung Doh Myo Sat' (Peacock Generation).
Members of the group have been imprisoned in Insein Prison for a performance in which they donned military dress.
Further info here:
Sign the petition to release Peacock Generation from prison
Members of the Myanmar thangyat troupe Daung Doh Myo Sat (Peacock Generation) have been imprisoned for a performance in which they donned military dre...
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We've now made it easier for #artists at risk to get the right help. Our new form will be the direct line for #assistance and the quickest way to get in touch regarding your situation.
#freemuse #artistsatrisk #freeart #freedomofexpression
Artist Assistance - Freemuse
Please fill out the encrypted and secure form if you are an artist at risk through threats, attacks, imprisonments, or exile and require assistance. W...
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Mallorcan rapper Valtònyc fled to Belgium after being sentenced to prison in Spain for his lyrics, which were perceived to justify terrorism and insult the king.
Read more: https://t.co/uPM4MdBKAk
#RebeccaGoyette’s “Forever Animal” exhibition includes feminist depictions of women, nudity and sexuality.
For this reason, it was censored by the Huam-Garok gallery in South Korea. Learn more via @freemuse98: https://t.co/iLsZBTzkDZ
. #GlobalYouthConnect calls for submissions for a #delegation to #Colombia focusing on #humanrights and the political power of #music as a form of resistance.
Early submission deadline: 30 September 2019
Final submission: 31 October 2019
Colombia 2020 I Study Abroad I Global Youth Connect
Ring in January 2020 in Bogota and learn about Colombia's turbulent past from musicians and artists who advanced human rights with art.
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The #Istanbul Heavy Penal Court No.37 issued an arrest warrant against musician #FerhatTunç (@ferhatttunc) for “spreading terrorist propaganda” through his #socialmedia accounts, before the closing of the #investigation.
Read Tunç's statement here ➡️
Ferhat Tunç: “I want democracy, human rights and freedoms to win”
An arrest warrant was issued against musician Ferhat Tunç for "spreading terrorist propaganda"before the closing of the investigation.
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Band #ChaosExperience has been banned from #MortonStanleyFestival because the song about #Brexit - ‘Britain is Dead’. Redditch Borough Council banned the band before their performance on the main #stage and deemed it to be “too #political”.
Local band banned from festival for having three minute Brexit song (called Britain is Dead)
A LOCAL band have been banned from performing at this year's Morton Stanley Festival after allegedly being called a 'political risk'.
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Due to the concern of the #influence on children’s beliefs, the Chinese Communist Party has changed the original text of #foreignbooks for students in #Mandarin translation, mentioning the words "God", "Bible" and "Christ". https://t.co/4L6r3yR1Hd
CHINA Beijing, erases ‘God’, ‘Bible’ and ‘Christ’ from kids text books
The stories of the
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A former student of #PensacolaChristianCollege has shared photos of a #censored #art textbook that was kept in the school's #library. It revealed that nudity was covered with a black marker. Do you have any censored #artbooks? https://t.co/8GX0peROad
It's been over 500 days since Galal El-Behairy was free. Find out more about his case, and why we continue to urge Egypt to #FreeGalal, via @englishpen: https://t.co/1GFvPFEzrg illustration via @channeldraw
Ahead of the 35th session of the #UniversalPeriodicReview, #Freemuse filed five reports to the UN’s official mechanism for reviewing the human rights record of all member states. It will take place in January 2020 at the UN #HumanRightsCouncil in #Geneva.
Freemuse calls for action on freedom of expression with five UPR reports
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 st...
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Ugandan musician #ZiggyWine has died on 4 August 2019 as a result of injuries sustained after being abducted and tortured.
#Freemuse calls for credible investigation on the death of Ugandan #musician.
Freemuse calls for credible investigation into death of Ziggy Wine
Ugandan musician Ziggy Wine has died on 4 August 2019 as a result of injuries sustained after being abducted and tortured reports BBC Africa.
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