To send letters of support for Moroccan musician Mouad (El Haqed)

If you would like to send support letters to the Moroccan musician, Mouad Belghouate (aka El Haqed), please note: – keep messages short with simple message wishing El Haqed well and that he will soon be free.– no political or religious comment or images ( tourist cards are appreciated….)– Give return address/email. Send to:  Mouad […]

Letter to Moroccan Minister of Justice re: musician Mouad Belghouate

Open Letter to the Moroccan Minister of Justice and Liberties El Mustapha Ramid on the Four-month Sentence Against Musician Mouad Belghouate (aka El Haqed)7 July 2014Mr El Mustapha RamidMinister of Justice and LibertiesMinistère de la Justice et des libertés Place El Mamounia – BP 1015RabatMoroccoFax:+212 537 73 47 25 We the undersigned organisations committed to […]

Salvadorian performance artist faces prison for eating his ballot card : petition launched in his defence

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/El_Salvador_Legal_Authorities_Keep_Victor_Rodriguez_out_of_jail/?fbss Víctor “Crack” Rodríguez is facing up to six years in prison for a performance piece.   After the general election in El Salvador that split the winning left party from the right by a margin of less than 1% percent, tensions in the country are high, especially amongst the nation’s community of artists, who […]

Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish’s books removed from Riyadh International Book Fair

Just a few days after all the works by Saudi publisher Arab Network for Research and Publishing were removed from the Riyadh International Book Fair for violating the Kingdom’s laws, the works of globally celebrated Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish caused protests and have reportedly been withdrawn from the fair and are not to be sold: Numerous news sources were […]

Statement by Malaysian Political Cartoonist, Zunar: “MALAYSIA BANS CARTOONS DURING THE ELECTION, BUT I WILL DEFY THE RULING!”

STATEMENT: I would like to refer to the ruling made by the Election Commission of Malaysia which bans the use of cartoons in the campaigns for the up-coming General Election. (General election’s date in Malaysia can only be decided by the Prime Minister, but must be called before the current term ends in March 2013). […]

Press alert: Music Freedom Day – Saturday 3 March

Press alert: Music Freedom Day  – a global manifestation for freedom of expression for musicians on Saturday 3 March In 48 hours, on this Saturday, the annual Music Freedom Day is marked with events, seminars, exhibitions, film shows, radio programmes and news paper articles on freedom of expression for musicians and composers all over the world. List […]

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