NEWSLETTER 1 — 2010

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HEADBANGING AGAINST REPRESSIVE REGIMES
Censorship of heavy metal music is the topic of a new Freemuse report published on 22 February 2010. Written by Mark LeVine, the report looks into censorship of metal music from China to Morocco.
      Read more:
      www.freemuse.org/sw36408.asp

 
FREEMUSE CD: LISTEN TO THE BANNED
The CD 'Listen to the Banned', compiled by Deeyah and Freemuse, includes music from Uighuristan to Mexico. The CD is published by Grappa Records on 3 March 2010.
      Read more:
      www.freemuse.org/sw36427.asp


MUSIC FREEDOM DAY
- A GLOBAL EVENT
As Music Freedom Day enters its fourth year, events are planned in Mumbai, Cairo, Amman, The Hague, Paris and New York on 3 March 2010. You can still join!
      Read more:
      www.freemuse.org/sw36268.asp

 
LAWYERS PREPARE U.N. PETITION FOR LAPIRO
A group of American lawyers prepare a UN petition for the imprisoned singer Lapiro, while Freemuse, Mondomix and Vigier join forces and present petitions to The Embassy of Cameroon in Paris.
      Read more:
      www.freemuse.org/36453.asp

 
SIGN THE FREEMUSE PETITION
The petition for Lapiro's release is still open - until 28 February 2010:
www.freemuse.org/sw35436.asp

 
FREEMUSE CUTS DOWN ACTIVITY LEVEL
Freemuse is currently facing a critical financial situation, which will lead to an unfortunate cut-down on the level of activities, service level and staff in 2010. The situation will remain until new additional funding has been secured.
 

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NEWS STORIES ON FREEMUSE.ORG

Syria: Musicians arrested for singing Kurdish songs

Malawi: National radio bans the music of Lucius Banda

Mexico: Eight musicians arrested

Uganda: Two songs banned for 'defamation'

 
Find more information and news on freemuse.org

freemuse.org, the world's largest knowledge base on music censorship, features new articles and background documents on the topic every week.
 

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