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CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS Below is a selection of conferences, seminars and meetings which Freemuse has organised or supported. Denmark: Focus on arguments against religious music prohibition Salman Ahmad visited Copenhagen in February 2007 to introduce the screening of the documentary film, 'The Rock Star and the Mullahs' 15 February 2007 Journalist workshop in South Africa about music censorship The workshop in March 2007 aims at upgrading the knowledge of African journalists who already work in the field of human rights to also include music censorship issues 25 January 2007 Video interviews from the 3rd Freemuse World Conference Video interviews from the 3rd Freemuse World Conference in Istanbul on 25-26 November 2006 16 January 2007 Log on for 3WC participants Closed area. Info only for participants and registrated media. You must register to gain access 18 December 2006 3rd Freemuse World Conference on Music and Censorship 200 professional musicians, scholars, and composers from 22 countries met at the 3rd Freemuse World Conference on 25-26 November 2006 in Istanbul, Turkey 18 December 2006 Media coverage of the 3rd Freemuse World Conference Reports, articles, radio and tv about the 3rd Freemuse World Conference in Istanbul in November 2006 06 December 2006 Photos of the 3rd Freemuse World Conference Photos from the 3rd Freemuse World Conference in Istanbul on 25-26 November 2006 06 December 2006 Speakers of the 3rd Freemuse World Conference Speakers at 3rd Freemuse World Conference in Istanbul - 25-26 November 2006 05 December 2006 Programme of the 3rd Freemuse World Conference Conference programme from the 3rd Freemuse World Conference on Music and Censorship, in Istanbul in November 2006 02 December 2006 WOMEX 2006 At this year’s WOMEX, Freemuse presents the session "New Horizons for Freemuse" by editor Daniel Brown and singer Clotaire K 26 October 2006 Ferhat Tunc meets Danish MP’s Kurdish singer met leading parliamentarians and high level representatives from Amnesty, Pen and Danish Arts organizations in Copenhagen. 01 February 2006 Conference: Freedom of expression and music in the Middle East Conference on Freedom of Expression in Music in Beirut on the 6-8th of October 2005. The first regional forum of its kind in the Middle East and North Africa. 25 November 2005 Senegal seminar 2005 video English Didier Awadi, Myriam and Ajah on self-censorship, taboos, and the importance of constructive criticism. Video excerpts from Kristina Funkeson's interviews with the artists during the seminar on Music and Freedom of expression in West-Africa, held in Senegal 2005. 09 May 2005 Jordan: Freemuse Round Table Meeting in Amman in April 2005 Freemuse hosts a roundtable meeting in Amman which brings together a group of artists and organizers from the cultural scene of the nearby region. 02 May 2005 Zimbabwe seminar: Censor meets musicians at meeting in April 2005 Supported by Freemuse, a seminar held in Harare in April 2005 dealt with the fear from musicians of the repressive political system in Zimbabwe... 02 May 2005 Freemuse conference in West Africa in April 2005 A regional conference on Censorship and West African Music was held at the Gorée Institute in Dakar, Senegal, on 9th and 10th of April, 2005. 26 April 2005 9/11: Freemuse conference abstract (WOMEX 2004) Freedom of musical expression post 9/11: Read abstract from the Freemuse conference session at WOMEX 2004 19 October 2004 Meet the banned! Freemuse conference abstract (WOMEX 2004) Read abstract from the Freemuse conference session at WOMEX 2004, featuring Ferhat Tunc 19 October 2004 Meet the banned! Freemuse conference abstract (WOMEX 2004) Read abstract from the Freemuse conference session at WOMEX 2004, featuring Ferhat Tunc 19 October 2004 WOMEX 2004 This year Freemuse presented two conference sessions: "Meet the banned! Music censorship in Turkey" featured Turkish musician Ferhat Tunç, while "9/11 – The world's all out of tune" presented a new book on freedom of musical expression after 9/11 19 October 2004 WOMEX 2003 See video excerpts from the WOMEX 2003 Award ceremony and listen to the Freemuse conference sessions on cultural boycott and on how September 11 has affected freedom of musical expression 01 December 2003 Cultural Boycott - of any use? Freemuse Conference The recent initiative to boycott Israel is controversial, so is the Arab initiative to boycott cultural events which include Israeli artists. Yet the cultural boycott on apartheid South Africa did have an effect. And what about Cuba? Listen to the panel discussion from WOMEX 2003. 30 November 2003 Post September 11- Freemuse conference Listen to the Freemuse organized panel discussion from WOMEX 2003 on how September 11 has affected freedom of musical expression. Visa problems, threats, disrupted tours, changed play-lists, nationalistic concerts and withdrawal of covers are just a few results 30 November 2003 Womex 2003: Simon Broughton speaking about Freemuse Read Simon Broughton's speech about Freemuse during the award ceremony at WOMEX 2003. 30 November 2003 Roskilde Festival 2003, Damon Albarn on music censorship Damon Albarn, Tony Allen and Ty on self-censorship, corporate censorship, censorship in Africa, and music during wartime - video excerpts from the Freemuse organized press conference on freedom of musical expression, Roskilde Festival 2003 26 August 2003 China: Freemuse invites China to discuss music censorship 01 April 2003 2nd Freemuse World Conference on Music and Censorship Brief report, photos and video from the conference. 10 October 2002 South Africa: Freemuse workgroup established in South Africa Full report from the Freemuse seminar on music censorship in Apartheid-South Africa. 24 September 2001