12 Oct 10 | Index Index, Middle East and North Africa, minipost, News and features
Two men, a reporter and a photographer said to be from Germany’s Bild am Sonntag newspaper, have been arrested by Iranian officials. They were detained whilst interviewing the son of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani in the city of Tabriz. Mrs Ashtiani’s death sentence, which has been suspended, has provoked international outrage. A spokesman for Iran’s judiciary said the pair did not have the correct media accreditation, whilst a spokesman for Bild am Sonntag said it had no knowledge of the arrests. Iranian prosecutor general Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei stated that “two foreigners posing as journalists have been arrested in Iran”. It is thought Mrs Sistiani’s son and lawyer may also have been arrested.
In a separate development, Tehran-based journalist Angeles Espinosa has had her accreditation cancelled and been ordered to leave Iran within two weeks. The El Pais correspondent is thought to have attracted the authorities’ disapproval for conducting an interview with the son of Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, the late reformist cleric, in July.
08 Sep 10 | Uncategorized
Don’t Stop The Music!
Read about the songs they tried to ban, the musicians stopped from playing live, and the singers who are put on trial, in the bumper SMASHED HITS issue of Index
DANIEL BARENBOIM Bring music, bring life: An exclusive interview by Clemency Burton-Hill
COLIN GREENWOOD Set yourself free : Technology brings Radiohead closer to their fans
WILL SELF Words and music: God Save the Queen
FEMI KUTI Words and music: Beng Beng Beng
LAPIRO DE MBANGA Voice to the voiceless : The Cameroonian musician speaks to Index from prison
KAYA GENÇ Coffee-house blues: Kurdish musicians are battling against prejudice
08 Sep 10 | Uncategorized
Don’t Stop The Music!
Read about the songs they tried to ban, the musicians stopped from playing live, and the singers who are put on trial, in the bumper SMASHED HITS issue of Index
DANIEL BARENBOIM Bring music, bring life
An exclusive interview by Clemency Burton-Hill
COLIN GREENWOOD Set yourself free
Technology brings Radiohead closer to their fans
WILL SELF Words and music
God Save the Queen
PETER JENNER The Deal
Musicians have to play the game to succeed
MARIE KORPE and OLE REITOV
Banned: a guide to music censorship
MALU HALASA Fight the power
Hip hop is the sound of modern protest
NEGAR SHAGHAGHI Sounds of silence
Young Iranians defy convention to make music
SIMON BROUGHTON Notes from underground
The challenges facing a female singer in Tehran
GILAD ATZMON Primacy of the ear
The education of a jazz musician
MALU HALASA Words and music
Chuy y Mauricio
KHYAM ALLAMI Dispatches from a new generation
The independent music scene in the Middle East
DIVINE COMEDY
CHAZA CHARAFEDDINE Body and soul
Preview of the new exhibition
FEMI KUTI Words and music
Beng Beng Beng
LOUISE GRAY Can Music Kill?
Is there some music that deserves banning?
LAPIRO DE MBANGA Voice to the voiceless
The Cameroonian musician speaks to Index from prison
KAYA GENÇ Coffee-house blues
Kurdish musicians are battling against prejudice
HTEIN LIN Rocking Rangoon
Music and resistance in Burma
WOESER Tradition of protest
A singer unafraid of taboos in Tibet
RACHEL ASPDEN Trance music
A vibrant culture is being challenged by orthodox Islam
JAN FAIRLEY Control shift
Cuban musicians are pushing the boundaries
INDEX INDEX
A round-up of music censorship stories
To listen to exclusive contributors’ playlists go to www.indexoncensorship.org/music
08 Sep 10 | Volume 39.03 Autumn 2010
Cameroonian singer Lapiro de Mbanga gives an exclusive interview to Daniel Brown from prison on protest, politics and the art of satire
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