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| Myanmar/Burma: Musician Win Maw released |
| Win Maw, one of Burma’s most famous musicians, is reported to have been released from Kyaukphyu Prison in Arakan State on 13 January 2012 at 13:40 pm local time |
| 13 January 2012 |
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| Darko C |
| Video interview with Darko C from Rangoon about the loosening censorship controls over media and the arts, produced by Voice of America on 12 January 2012 |
| 13 January 2012 |
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| Morocco: Rapper El Haked is finally set free |
| After spending more than four months in jail, rapper Mouad El Haked is finally a free man. His supporters claim that the assault charges were a setup to muzzle the popular singer |
| 12 January 2012 |
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| Iran: Arya – the Victor Jara of my Homeland |
| Iranian journalist and poet Sepideh Jodeyri compares the life and music of imprisoned musician Arya Aramnejad with Chile's revolutionary singer, Victor Jara. |
| 12 January 2012 |
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| Iran: Singer Arya Armnejad arrested again |
| On 8 November 2011 singer Arya Armnejad was arrested when his home was raided by intelligent agents. Arya Armnejad was beaten and taken to the solitary confinement in the Intelligence Ministry’s detention center in Sari. |
| 09 January 2012 |
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| Turkey: Killed for requesting a Kurdish song |
| A weekend in December 2011 ended tragically when a man was brutally murdered after he requested that musicians in a bar sing a folksong in Zaza Kurdish, his native language |
| 03 January 2012 |
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