Comments on: Singer & Kurdish spokesperson Ferhat Tunç gets 25 day prison sentence just before Music Freedom Day ’11 https://fd.artistsafety.net/2011/01/singer-and-kurdish-spokesperson-ferhat-tunc-receives-25-day-prison-sentence/ Supporting culture in the service of free expression, justice and equality Mon, 03 Apr 2017 07:12:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 By: Dana Penrod https://fd.artistsafety.net/2011/01/singer-and-kurdish-spokesperson-ferhat-tunc-receives-25-day-prison-sentence/#comment-15 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 16:18:11 +0000 http://freedimensional.org/?p=746#comment-15 On the flip side there is some evidence emerging of persecuted Tunisian artists gaining new freedom since the recent political uprising there. Let’s hope that the Egyptian revolution leads to similar advancements in the support for creative expression.

This article features the release from prison of Tunisian rapper, El General, as a sign of positive social change in the nation: http://www.npr.org/2011/01/21/133121640/Tunisians-Embrace-Life-Without-Censorship

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