FREEMUSE – FREEDOM OF MUSICAL EXPRESSION
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15.11.2012 Newsletter no. 4 - 2012
First global network in support of artistic freedom of expression
Read more: www.artsfex.org
United Nations: Global study on the right to artistic freedom
Read more: www.freemuse.org/sw49044.asp
World Conference on Artistic Freedom of Expression
Read more: www.artsfreedom.org
Vietnam: Two musicians get four and six years prison-sentence
Read more:
Freemuse's appeal letter (PDF)
Cameroon: Musicians' demonstration ended with 63 arrests
Read more: www.freemuse.org/sw49087.asp
Iranian musician: How to live with a death sentence
Freemuse published a nine-pages interview with Shahin Najafi and Günter Wallraff.
Read more: www.freemuse.org/sw47478.asp
Mali: The day the music stopped
Read more: www.freemuse.org/sw48998.asp
Silencing music in Turkey 2012
Read more: Silencing-Music-in-Turkey2012.pdf
CAMPAIGNS AND SUPPORT TO MUSICIANS
- Vietnam: Viet Khang and Hoang Nhat Thong Convicted to four and six years in prison for anti-state propaganda.
- Iran / Germany: Shahin Najafi Sentenced to death in absentia by religious authorities in Iran.
- Iran: Arya Aramnejad Released in April 2012 but was sentenced to one more year in prison.
- Russia: Pussy Riot Two band members sentenced to two years in prison.
- Turkey: Ferhat Tunç Sentenced to two years in prison. Still on trial.
- Morocco: El Haked Sentenced in May 2012 to one year in prison.
