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FUN^DA^MENTAL
(UK)
01 January 2001

Founded in 1991 as a reaction to racism, musical oppression, narrow-mindness and stereotyping by media got a lot of trouble for the video "Dog Tribe". The innovative and outspoken band has faced many attempts of censorship in Great Britain.



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"The UN Declaration on Human Rights is an amazing piece of work," says Aki Nawaz of Fundamental and he adds: "[but] we should not allow freedom to express hatred. Freedom of expression is a very important thing, but we have to put it in context..."

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