04 Nov 10 | Index Index, minipost
Kurdish musician Ferhat Tunç, who was facing 15 years in prison for a speech he made at a festival, was acquitted this morning from Diyarbakir Criminal Court in Turkey. The decision follows a petition signed by more than 1,000 supporters and campaigning from PEN. Tunç, who won the 2010 Index on Censorship/Freemuse Freedom of Expression Award for his “brave stand against censorship“, had been charged with spreading propaganda for PKK (Kurdish Workers’ Party) after speaking at the Siirt cultural festival in April.
12 Oct 10 | News and features
Woeser, author of “Notes on Tibet”, was one of many signatories of a letter to the Chinese government calling for the release of Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo. Writing for Index on Censorship magazine, she celebrates Tibetan singer Tashi Dhondup
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20 Sep 10 | Uncategorized
Khyam Allami, musician and contributor to Index’s latest issue ‘Smashed Hits 2.0’, was interviewed with Index’s editor Jo Glanville on BBC Radio 5 live’s Up All Night on Saturday morning. Interview starts at 38 minutes
Also on Saturday, DJ Fari Bradley dedicated Free Lab Radio to music and protest to tie in with Index’s special music issue on ResonanceFM
http://freelabradio.blogspot.com/
Khyam Allami will be performing at the Free Word Centre on Tuesday from 6.30pm and Fari Bradley will also be playing a set at the Betsey Trotwood on Farringdon Road from 8.30pm
http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2010/08/smashed-hits-2-0-live/
13 Sep 10 | Index Index, minipost, News and features
Zimbabwe’s government has banned South African group Freshlyground over a music video that portrays President Mugabe as a chicken afraid to relinquish power. The video that accompanies the song “Chicken To Change” represents the president in the style of satirical show Spitting Image. The song is a product of the band’s collaboration with controversial cartoonist Jonathan Zapiro. Freshlyground was due to perform a concert in Harare next month, but members of the group have now had their working visas revoked.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdf2lBIe4Ac
