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PRESS RELEASES

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Press release: Nordic safe havens for persecuted musicians
The Nordic countries offer safe havens for writers who are persecuted in their homelands. There should be an equal opportunity for composers and musicians.
25 November 2011
Press release: Freemuse Award winner 2011: Ramy Essam
Egyptian singer Ramy Essam, who provided the soundtrack for the Arab Spring at Tahrir Square, is the winner of the 2011 Freemuse Award.
25 October 2011
Press release: SKAP award to Freemuse for its fight against music censorship
On 16 May 2011 SKAP – the Swedish Society of Popular Music Composers – in addition to presenting annual grants will give a special prize to Freemuse
13 May 2011
Press release: Singer Lapiro de Mbanga was released from New Bell Prison
Singer Lapiro de Mbanga was released from New Bell Prison in Douala on Friday 8 April 2011 at 2 pm after three years imprisonment under harsh conditions
08 April 2011
Press release: Music Freedom Day 2011
A summary of events which will take place on Music Freedom Day - 3 March 2011
01 March 2011
Press release: Ferhat Tunç receives 25 days prison sentence
The Kurdish-Turkish singer Ferhat Tunç was sentenced to 25 days in prison for a speech he made during a concert in 2006
27 January 2011
Press release: Lapiro de Mbanga’s legal team files petition to United Nations
Cameroon supports football team but persecutes artists. An international legal team filed an urgent action petition for Lapiro with the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
18 June 2010
Press release: Freemuse Award winners 2010: Mahsa Vahdat and Ferhat Tunç
Iranian singer Mahsa Vahdat and Turkish-Kurdish singer and activist Ferhat Tunç are the 2010 Freemuse Award Winners. They receive the award at a ceremony in London
22 March 2010
Press release: Roskilde Festival donates large sum to Freemuse
“The donation from Roskilde Festival Charity Society means that we can continue our work for musicians' freedom of expression” said the executive director of Freemuse
01 March 2010
Press release: Music Freedom Day 2010
A summary of events which will take place on Music Freedom Day - 3 March 2010
24 February 2010
Press release: New Freemuse CD: Listen to the banned
The new Freemuse CD 'Listen to the banned' is a unique collection of 14 contemporary songs by artists who have been censored
24 February 2010
Press release: New Freemuse report about censorship of heavy metal music
The new Freemuse report written by Mark LeVine reveals a different face of the heavy metal artists who yearn for change in their restrictive societies
17 February 2010
Press release: Imprisoned singer in Cameroon wins global award
Imprisoned musician Lapiro de Mbango is the 2009-winner of the ‘Freedom to Create’ Imprisoned Artist Prize.
25 November 2009
Press release: Freemuse receives international award
The International Music Council (IMC) has awarded Freemuse the IMC Inaugural Musical Rights Award for its "courageous global programme"
19 October 2009
Press release: Freemuse urges OIC to protect musicians
In a letter to the Organization of the Islamic Conference, OIC, Freemuse urges OIC to protect musicians in its member states
20 April 2009
Press release: Music Freedom Day 2009
Concert and seminar with censored artists in Stockholm 3 March 2009
25 February 2009
Press release: Freemuse Award to Tiken Jah Fakoly
Tiken Jah Fakoly receives Freemuse Award in Dublin, Ireland
20 August 2008
Press release: 'Hidden Truths' Belarus report in Russian translation
Download PDF In Russian and English
27 September 2007
Press release: EU-MP joins Freemuse at Tunc court case in Izmir
This Freemuse press release was sent via e-mail to 312 journalists and media houses world-wide on Thursday 27 September 2007 at 16:11 GMT
27 September 2007
Press release: Post 9/11 USA report
Freemuse report on USA after 9/11
13 February 2006
Press release: Shoot the Singer!
New book on worldwide censorship of music. Edited by Marie Korpe, Freemuse. Published by Zed Books (London), 18 May 2004
20 April 2004
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
Press release: WOMEX 2003
Music as a basic human right is in focus at WOMEX - The WOrld Music EXpo - in Sevilla, Spain, 22 – 26 Oct 2003
01 October 2003
Press release: Freemuse film - 'Stopping the music'
'Stopping the music' is the story of a South African protest singer and the security branch policeman assigned to end his career.
02 May 2003
Press release: Nigeria Report
Nigeria report launched in Paris
29 April 2003
Press release: Freemuse report on Zimbabwe
Freemuse report on Zimbabwe launched
25 October 2001
Press release: Romania report
Freemuse report on Romania launched
25 October 2001
Press release: 2nd World Conference on Music and Censorship
Conference program, participants and more
16 September 2001