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Independent artists empower Cubans to speak out against censorship
To an outsider, the most startling part of artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara’s arrest on 21 July for attempting to protest on the Capitol steps in Havana was the passivity, bordering on fearful ignorance, of his fellow Cubans at the scene.
Expression Uncensored: “It’s a bonus when you realise your music is helping someone live their life”
Expression Uncensored, which was hosted by Sonos, Index on Censorship and Gay Times Magazine, featured a panel of leading musicians from around the world to discuss queer music and censorship.
UN special rapporteur expresses serious concerns on UK’s counter-terrorism bill
The United Nations special rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin has expressed serious concerns about the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill
ENO youth company combats censorship with operatic expression
A group of teens shuffle onto a stage. It could be any summer programme, but when professional opera singer Abigail Kelly leads them in a song on political dissent and dictatorship, it’s clear that they’ve come together to create something novel, provocative and, above all, youth-led.
Vague treason law could be used to punish political enemies, says Index
Index on Censorship rejects proposals for a new UK treason law.
Cuban artists arrested for protesting against law restricting public display of art
Their plan was clear: cover yourself with excrement, hold a sign demanding “Free art. No to decree 349” and be visible
Cartoonist Zunar holding Malaysia’s government accountable on free expression
Nine banned books. Nine charges of sedition carrying the maximum penalty of 43 years imprisonment. Countless attacks, raids and arrests. These were the consequences of Malaysian cartoonist Zunar’s cartoons and tweets decrying government scandals.
Risks, rights and reputations: challenging a risk averse culture
This vital half-day training for CEOs and chairs of trustees supports arts and cultural organisations to handle difficult subjects and sensitive stories to deliver the best work possible
Work of the Kurdish and Turkish diaspora essential to strengthen Turkey’s democratic opposition, exiled academic says
Naif Bezwan cannot pinpoint a certain moment in his life in which he decided to pursue academia. For Bezwan, rather, it has been a gradual process of situating his personal narrative within the context of his Kurdish community, within Turkey and within the world.
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