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| NEWSLETTERS 24 January 2007 |
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NEWSLETTER
1 — 2007
Happy New Year to all!
Freemuse will sign a new agreement with Sida (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency) which enables us to keep up the work we do at the secretariat 2007-2011.
New Freemuse report: 'Hidden Truths' in Belarus
In a new report on music and freedom of expression, Freemuse turns the attention to Belarus, an authoritarian former Soviet country buffering the EU and Russia, where freedom of information and expression have become unrelenting victims in an increasingly destructive battle for political control. The new report, 'Hidden Truths - Music, Politics and Censorship in Lukashenko’s' Belarus', written by Lemez Lovas and Maya Medich, is published on 15 February. The report includes audio samples of six songs by Belarusian artists who are facing blacklisting and censorship. “Hidden Truths” will be available as PDF file on the website.
Read more: http://www.freemuse.org/sw16695.asp
Music Freedom Day 2007
On Saturday 3 March radio and TV broadcasters worldwide will focus on music censorship. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation producer Ann MacKeigan and Freemuse have invited broadcasters to participate in a global media event on the subject of Music & Censorship, creating an international, tri-media look at the subject.
Read more: http://www.freemuse.org/sw16597.asp
Three films about music and Islam hit Scandinavia
Pakistani rock star Salman Ahmad, and editor of Songlines, Simon Broughton, will fly in to Scandinavia in mid-February to take part in two film festivals where Freemuse presents three remarkable music documentaries on music and Islam: 'The Rock Star & the Mullahs' featuring Salman Ahmad, and Simon Broughton's two documentaries: 'Sufi Soul' and 'Breaking the Silence'. The screenings are a result of collaboration between Freemuse, the Music Doc Festival in Malmö and the Salaam.dk film festival in Copenhagen.
Read more: http://www.freemuse.org/sw16771.asp
Istanbul conference report to include DVD
The forthcoming report from the 3rd Freemuse World Conference in Istanbul will include a DVD featuring unique video and audio interviews with a number of the musicians and speakers who took part in the event. The report, expected to be published during the spring, will give an insight to the testimonies and papers presented at the conference. Seven video interviews can already now be seen at the Freemuse website.
See: http://www.freemuse.org/sw15813.asp
African journalists take part in Freemuse course
In March, Freemuse runs a training course for African journalists with the aim
of attaching them as 'stringers'. The course is run by Roger Lucey who faced
harsh censorship during apartheid in South Africa and is now a much respected
journalist and musician. The Zimbabwean journalist Maxwell Sibanda and member
of Freemuse's Executive Committee will be one of the teachers. The course,
taking place in Johannesburg, is a pilot project which will influence the
future for Freemuse's collaborations with journalists.
Membership
Freemuse members will soon be contacted regarding renewal of membership.
New individual members are welcome to sign up and pay Euro 15
on http://www.freemusepay.dk
For institutional membership (Euro 100) and corporate membership
(Euro 250) please contact 'rikke.nagell [at] freemuse.org'
Thanks to all of you for your support!
Kind
regards,
Freemuse
- The World Forum on Music and Censorship
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1450 Copenhagen K
Denmark
Tel +45 33 32 10 27
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