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BAHRAIN  Bahrain: Imprisoned for playing revolutionary songs in her car Fadhila Al Mubarak has been sentenced to 18 months in jail for participating in peaceful protests and for playing a revolutionary CD in her car. 15 December 2011 Bahrain: Freemuse appeal: Stop persecution of artists In a letter to the Bahraini Minister of Culture, Freemuse has protested against the sacking of cultural workers and artists following the popular uprisings in the country in March 2011 26 October 2011 Bahrain: Open letter calls for support to Bahraini artists A group of Bahraini artists and intellectuals have published an open letter to UNESCO Artist for Peace Missa Johnouchi from Japan, who performed in Bahrain 26 October 2011 Bahrain: Parliament's attempt to ban singer failed Bahrain's Islamist parliament members wanted to ban the Lebanese singer Haifa Wehbe from performing in the country because of her sexy looks. They were not successful 05 May 2008 The Middle East: New restrictions on satellite tv Freedom of expression in the Middle East suffered a major setback on 12 February 2008 when 21 information ministers of the Arab League agreed on a new satellite tv charter 20 February 2008 Yemen: Singer threatened to be killed if festival is allowed A new fatwa (religious edict) bans music concerts in Yemen and the Syrian singer Assala Nasry has been threatened she will be killed if she performs in the country 13 February 2008 Declaration - إعلان فريميوز Arabic translation of freemuse declaration, Bahrain, April 2007 23 April 2007 Bahrain: Freemuse declaration read aloud A request to Bahranian politicians in response to fundamentalist attacks on culture festival 18 April 2007 Marcel Khalife's video statement - مارسـيل خليفة يَتحدَّث Video statement from Lebanese singer Marcel Khalife on the 'Spring of Culture' affair in Bahrain 11 April 2007 Bahrain: Responses to attack on Khalife and Haddad Statements from Marcel Khalife & Qassim Haddad, Freemuse, and intellectuals from the Arab world regarding the attack on "Spring of Culture" performance in Bahrain 30 March 2007 Bahrain: Marcel Khalife causes fury among Islamists Members of parliament in Bahrain attacked performance by Lebanese composer Marcel Khalife as being a violation of Islamic morals and sharia laws 27 March 2007