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01 March 2010

Music Freedom Day 2010:
Fokus på musikalsk ytringsfrihed verden over
– onsdag den 3. marts

I Mumbai, Kabul, Cairo, Amman, Den Haag, Gdansk, Paris og New York organiseres i år Music Freedom Day begivenheder den 3. marts – og samme dag lancerer Freemuse organisationens nye CD, 'Listen to the banned'.

Flere nationale radiostationer – blandt andet i Spanien, Tyskland, Norge, Sverige og Danmark – vil producere og præsentere særlige programmer om musikcensur og ytringsfrihed, og i Den Haag i Holland markeres dagen med en begivenhed, som strækker sig over hele to dage, arrangeret af organisationen MusicForce med støtte fra byens rådhus.

Fra Kabul gøres Afghanistans indbyggere opmærksom på dagen af Tolo TV og Lemar TV, som vil fokusere på musikcensur og ytringsfrihed for musikere i alle deres musikprogrammer, inklusiv 'Afghan Star Show'.

I Jordans hovedstad Amman afholdes et seminar med fokus på situationen for musikere i Mellemøsten. To uger forinden, den 22. februar, udgav Freemuse en rapport om heavy metal i blandt andet Mellemøsten – og den vil blive debateret på seminaret. Også i Gdansk i Polen arrangeres et seminar om musik og censur. 

I Indien har en af Mumbais internationale musikklubber planer om at præsentere pakistansk musik for at markere dagen, og i New York afvikles tre forskellige koncerter - heriblandt en ‘Impossible Music Session’.

Millioner af lyttere
Det er i år fjerde gang, at den årlige Music Freedom Day markeres den 3. marts. Music Freedom Day er vokset til at være en global begivenhed, som inspirerer et stigende antal musikere og koncertarrangører til at deltage, og på dagen informeres millioner af radiolyttere om problemstillinger omkring ytringsfrihed i musikkens verden.

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Presseomtale – eksempler

DR, Danish Broadcasting Corporation – 3 March 2010:

'Musikkens frihedsdag'
Radio interview audio file: 9 minutes

Google News – continuously updated:

Search: 'Music Freedom Day'

Dagens Nyheter – 3 March 2010:

'Manifestation för förföljda musiker'
'Manifestation for persecuted musicians'

SR - Swedish Broadcasting Corporation – 3 March 2010:

'Music Freedom Day 2010'

Musicians for Freedom – 26 February 2010:

'Music Freedom Day Celebrates Around the World

The Nation – 25 February 2010:

'Act now! Music Freedom Day'

IFEX – 17 February 2010:

'Music Freedom Day takes place worldwide on 3 March'


The Netherlands: 'Regimes fear content' - Speech by Arjan Hamburger
Speech by Arjan Hamburger, Human Rights Ambassador of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Netherlands at the opening of Music Freedom Day 2010 in the Hague
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Music Freedom Day 2010 - index
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