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6 August 2008
Freemuse Award:
African singer receives Freemuse Award
in Dublin on 23 August

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'Exiled reggae singer from West Africa awarded'
      


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10 January 2008
Freemuse campaign:
Danish 'safe cities' should include all artists

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3 March 2009 is Music Freedom Day where radio and tv broadcasters world-wide focus on music censorship


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Freemuse World conference in November 2006



Ferhat Tunç - information and material for the press

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Turkish musician Ferhat Tunç enters the Izmir High Criminal Court in Izmir in October 2007, and he is awarded an honorary music price at the same time. This has caused renewed attention on his case.

If you wish to quote Freemuse in relation to this, please see the Freemuse Press Statement before you contact us  

News Alert with contact information
This Freemuse News Alert contains phone numbers and e-mail adresses of the persons you might wish to interview. It was sent via e-mail to 312 journalists and media houses world-wide Thursday 27 September 2007 at 16:11 GMT:
Leading member of the European Parliament joins Freemuse at Ferhat Tunç court case in Izmir next week



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"In total, if you add all the court cases against me, that will add up to 10 and a half years imprisonment – if they all come to pass. But in spite of all this censorship, we continue to sing, we continue to express our thoughts and views..."
Ferhat Tunç

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Statement by Ferhat Tunç
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Freemuse Press Statement 


Freemuse News Alert
on 27 September 2007 - sent to the international press




Latest news:

USA / UK: Norwegian singer Deeyah wins Freedom Award
Deeyah, the exiled Norwegian singer and activist, was awarded with an ArtVenture 'Freedom to Create Prize' at a ceremony in London on 26 November 2008
27 November 2008
Iraq / USA: Interview with exiled oud player
Interview with Iraqi oud player and composer Rahim AlHaj - a former political prisoner of Saddam Hussein who escaped Iraq and relocated to the US, New Mexico, in 2000
26 November 2008
Iraq: Musicians take up their instruments again
As the civil war in Iraq appears to be fading, so does the pressure on musicians and the ban on music by the Mehdi Army's and Al-Qaeda's militiamen
24 November 2008
Iran: Rap singer believed to be arrested
The alleged arrest of rapper and singer Tataloo is debated in online Persian rap forums. Rumours says that Tataloo has received a three-year jail sentence
21 November 2008
Iran: Trial against two Kurdish singers
Two Kurdish singers are to be sentenced for “propaganda against the [political] order”, reported Shâr News from Saqqez in western Iran on 17 November 2008
21 November 2008
Myanmar/Burma: Hip-hop performer sentenced to six years in prison
Hip-hop star Zayar Thaw was sentenced to six years imprisonment by a Rangoon court on 20 November 2008 for his involvement in anti-regime protests
21 November 2008
Denmark/Sweden/Germany: In court for selling Nazi music
Two men were arrested in Denmark on 27 August 2008 for allegedly distributing recordings that have been deemed illegal because of their extremist content
18 November 2008
Somalia: 32 traditional dancers lashed in public
On 14 November 2008 an Islamist group arrested and whipped 25 women and seven men because they had been singing and dancing
18 November 2008
Myanmar/Burma: Musican Win Maw sentenced to six years in prison
Musician Win Maw received a sentence of six years imprisonment by a closed court in Rangoon’s Insein Prison on 11 November 2008, relatives reported
14 November 2008
White paper launched at Womex: 'Visa issues – the discord note'
White paper on visa issues launched at an international music trade fair: 'European countries need to make visa procedures more flexible, transparent and homogenous'
31 October 2008