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GORKI LUIS ÁGUILA CARRASCO Human Rights for Musicians – Impressions & Descriptions: Gorki Aguila Testimonial by Gorki Aguila in the anniversary publication 'Human Rights for Musicians - Ten Years With Freemuse' 30 January 2009 Cuba: Musician Gorki Aguila released After receiving a fine for civil disobedience, punk-rock singer and musician Gorki Águila could walk out of the court room as a free man on 29 August 2008 30 August 2008 Cuba: Musician Gorki Aguila arrested again According to members of his band, punk-rock musician Gorki Aguila has been arrested and faces up to four years' imprisonment for 'social dangerousness' 27 August 2008 Cuba: Imprisonment made Gorki stronger Gorki Aguila is back full force. The Cuban music rebel was praised for his courage in a report on the American news network CNN on 23 April 2007 01 May 2007 The case of Gorki Luis Águila Carrasco The controversial Cuban rock artist Gorki Luis Águila Carrasco who was sentenced to four years imprisonment in 2003, was released 16 March 2005. 17 March 2005 Freedom of Expression Awards 2004 The Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards 2004 took place on 22 March. The Music Award went to Daniel Barenboim & Edward Said. The other nominees were Gorki Luis Águila Carrasco (Cuba), Junoon (Pakistan), and Ferhat Tunc (Turkey) 24 March 2004 Aprehensión dudosa de un músico Cubano Freemuse pide al gobierno Cubano de reconsiderar un caso débil contra el músico controversial de rock, Gorki Luis Aguila Carrasco, que fue formalmente declarado culpable al narcotráfico y sentenciado para cuatro años. 17 October 2003 Press release: Doubtful arrest of Cuban Musician Freemuse requests the Cuban government to reconsider a doubtful court case against controversial rock artist Gorki Luis Águila Carrasco sentenced to four years jail. 17 October 2003 Cuba/Netherlands: ¡Cuba RebelióN! A documentary film about the punk-rock and metal musicians rebelling against the bureaucracy and imposed conformity of the Castro regime 01 July 2008 Shoot the Singer! Book "Shoot the Singer! Music Censorship Today". The first worldwide presentation of contemporary cases of music censorship, with cases from i.a. Burma, Mexico, Middle East, France, Algeria, Zimbabwe, USA, South Africa, Turkey. Edited by Freemuse director Marie Korpe, published by Zed Books, May 2004. 25 May 2004