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| Colombia: ‘Prohibited ballads’ are popular |
| The accordion-laced, hard-driving songs about Colombia's underworld are called ‘corridos prohibidos’ – prohibited ballads – because established radio networks ban them |
| 14 December 2006 |
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| Jeroen de Kloet |
| Video interview with the Dutch Assistant Professor Jeroen de Kloet about the situation in 2006 concerning music censorship in China |
| 06 December 2006 |
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| Sanar Yurdatapan |
| Video interview with the Turkish composer and human rights activist, and director of the Association for Freedom of Expression, Şanar Yurdatapan |
| 06 December 2006 |
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| Stephan Smith-Said |
| Video interview with the American musician and political activist Stephan Smith-Said (and others) about the importance of music and of fighting music censorship |
| 06 December 2006 |
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| Iraq: 75 singers killed |
| The Iraqi Artist's Association said that nearly 80 percent of the country's singers have fled the country and that at least 75 singers had been killed since the invasion of Iraq in 2003 |
| 29 November 2006 |
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| Conference website 2006 |
| All information regarding the 3rd Freemuse World Conference in Istanbul, November 2006 |
| 28 November 2006 |
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| Eritrea: Gospel singer released in wheelchair |
| After two and a half year of imprisonment in Mai Serwa army camp, gospel singer Helen Berhane who belonged to a banned evangelical church in Eritrea was released in late October, according to a statement issued by Amnesty International |
| 08 November 2006 |
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| East Turkistan: Uyghur composer died in exile |
| From his exile in Sweden the Uyghur composer, musician and poet Kurash Sultan was like an ambassador to the Uyghurs in north-western China. He died in Sweden on 29 October 2006. |
| 06 November 2006 |
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| Kamilya Jubran |
| Video interview with the Palestinian artist Kamilya Jubran who lives in Israel. She talks about music making and distribution in the shadow of regional conflict |
| 30 October 2006 |
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| Sivan Perwer |
| Video interview with the famous Kurdish folk musician Sivan Perwer who has had numerous songs banned in Turkey. About the political role of the artist and the "Power of Music" |
| 30 October 2006 |
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| Turkey: Government accused of "cultural genocide" |
| In a 46-pages article, a British author describes the situation in the Kurdish region of Turkey as a “cultural genocide” and states that a new anti-terror law is misused against freedom of expression |
| 27 October 2006 |
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| Maryam Mursal |
| Video interview with Somali singer Maryam Mursal about music prohibition among Islamists |
| 26 October 2006 |
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| Somalia: Confusion over music prohibition |
| Do Islamist hardliners want to stop all music and sentence executives of a music committee to death? Or is the story invented with the purpose of making it possible to get asylum and economic aid? |
| 26 October 2006 |
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| France: Musician attacked by airport police |
| On 9 September 2006 four police officers threw Russian-American trumpet player Valery Ponomarev to the floor, kicking and punching him, twisted his arm back and broke it |
| 23 October 2006 |
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| Iran: No more music download |
| A ban on high-speed internet will make it more difficult to download foreign music which the authorities blame for undermining Islamic culture among the younger generation |
| 19 October 2006 |
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| Iran: Report about art and censorship in Iran |
| “Artists self-censor in fear of risking harassment, arrest, flogging, or worse still, imprisonment,” stated a report about art and censorship in Iran published by Article 19 |
| 05 October 2006 |
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| Canada: 'Gangsta rap' seeked banned |
| A Toronto activist has filed a complaint against Canadian music store chain HMV selling 'gangsta rap' that glorifies the mistreatment of women |
| 27 September 2006 |
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| Pakistan: Two more music shops bombed |
| Bombs damaged two music shops in a bazaar in Bannu in north-western Pakistan on 11 September 2006. Explosions damaging music shops are increasingly shaking up the area. |
| 13 September 2006 |
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| Russia: Radical Christians want pop concert banned |
| Controversy and outrage follows American pop singer Madonna to her world-wide ‘Confessions Tour’ where she is “crucified” on a cross on stage. The act has sparked anger from various religious groups. |
| 12 September 2006 |
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| Somalia: Islamists ban music in areas of Somalia |
| According to an Islamic official in Somalia, music is now banned in the country, and anyone violating the music ban could be arrested, fined and flogged. Initially, a Somali radio station has been closed down for broadcasting love songs |
| 12 September 2006 |
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| Musicians hit by the “9/11-effect” |
| Tighter restrictions on air travel means that musical instruments are no longer allowed on the plane as carry-on baggage. This has lead to cancellations of concerts and tours |
| 11 September 2006 |
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| Senegal: Self-censorship among rappers |
| Backdated tax bills, harassment and death threats drives some rap artists in Senegal to tone down their socially-conscious lyrics, reports Rose Skelton from Dakar |
| 01 September 2006 |
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| Clotaire K |
| Video interview with BBC World Music Award winner Clotaire K about how he perceives music as a media |
| 31 August 2006 |
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| UK: Controversy over political songs |
| Aki Nawaz, a British rap artist and frontman of Fun-Da-Mental, is accused of glorifying terrorism. The lyrics on his new album has provoked calls for him to be arrested under anti-terrorism laws |
| 22 August 2006 |
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| Oath to Vanquish |
| Video interview with the Lebanese Death Metal band Oath to Vanquish, recorded in July 2006 - about their music and music censorship in Lebanon |
| 08 July 2006 |
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| Xardas |
| Video interview with Xardas, a 24-year-old Lebanese composer and producer of Dark Ambient music who had his new release confiscated by authorities in June 2006 |
| 08 July 2006 |
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| Israel: American piano tuner arrested |
| Paul Larudee, an American who came to tune pianos in Ramallah and Jenin, refused to board a plane against his will and is now waiting for a court decision regarding him |
| 15 June 2006 |
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| Pakistan: Renewed ban on audio cassettes |
| Local Taliban and religious leaders in North Waziristan on 11 June 2006 issued public notices that they will punish people listening to “un-Islamic” music |
| 15 June 2006 |
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| Pakistan: Music banned in Pakistani province |
| In May 2006 a pro-Taliban militant cleric announced a ban on music and video shops in the Hamuzai area near Miramshah, residents said, according to the Pakistani newspaper, Dawn |
| 18 May 2006 |
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| USA: Rapper banned from New York radio station |
| After being shot in the buttocks outside of the radio station Hot 97 in New York on 26 April 2006, Brooklyn rapper Gravy's music has been banned from the station's airwaves |
| 11 May 2006 |
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| USA: Record label accused of boycotting song |
| Famous rapper Master P believes that Sony BMG are placing phone calls to radio stations across USA, demanding that his son’s single not get played and negotiating “no-play deals” |
| 11 May 2006 |
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| Contact |
| All information regarding the 3rd Freemuse World Conference in Istanbul, November 2006 |
| 10 May 2006 |
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| Denmark: Teenager arrested for 'death rap' |
| A 17-year-old teenager was arrested for sending death threats in the form of a rap song to the Danish politician Naser Khader, reports the news agency Reuters |
| 08 May 2006 |
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| UK: Detained for humming ‘London Calling’ |
| Is the The Clash's classic punk song ‘London Calling’ a dangerous song? In England in April 2006, a taxi passenger was detained for simply singing along to it |
| 26 April 2006 |
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| China: Popular music tv programme banned |
| A programme called "Supergirl" on Hunan provincial television made history among tv programmes in China. Now it has been banned by Chinese authorities. |
| 21 April 2006 |
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| China: Magazine featuring Cui Jian banned |
| Three weeks after the first copies of a Chinese version of Rolling Stone hit the newsstands and were torn off the shelves, Chinese regulators said they would not allow it to publish a second issue. |
| 30 March 2006 |
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| Ghana: Country profile |
| A brief overview of the history of music censorship in the West African country Ghana during the last hundred years |
| 06 March 2006 |
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| Bob Titley: Artists afraid to speak out |
| Video interview with one of the founding members of Music Row Democrats, which was born in December 2003 out of frustration and concern about the changing music climate |
| 02 March 2006 |
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| Ferhat Tunc meets Danish MP’s |
| Kurdish singer met leading parliamentarians and high level representatives from Amnesty, Pen and Danish Arts organizations in Copenhagen. |
| 01 February 2006 |
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| Pakistan: Explosion destroys music shops |
| Suspected Islamic militants planted explosive material near a music shop in the center of the bazaar in Tanak district of North-West Frontier Province in Pakistan |
| 26 January 2006 |
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| Malaysia: Islamic authority bans black metal |
| On January 23, 2006, the highest Islamic authority in Malaysia placed a ban on black metal – the rock music variant dominated by distorted guitars and occult imagery |
| 25 January 2006 |
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| Puerto Rico: Censorship on reggaeton genre |
| The Dominican Republic contemplates a nation-wide ban on Reggaeton. The genre has previously been banned on radio in Puerto Rico, and albums were boycotted |
| 19 January 2006 |
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