{"id":509,"date":"2010-12-09T11:12:02","date_gmt":"2010-12-09T18:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freedimensional.org\/?p=509"},"modified":"2017-04-03T07:20:21","modified_gmt":"2017-04-03T07:20:21","slug":"human-rights-day-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fd.artistsafety.net\/2010\/12\/human-rights-day-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Human Rights Day 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Over this Human Rights Day<\/a> weekend, freeDimensional will be participating in the International Institute of Humanitarian Law’s<\/a> Workshop on the Protection of Cultural Property in Armed Conflict<\/a>. \u00a0The debate on how to protect cultural property was amplified after the pillaging of Baghdad’s museums following the attack on that city. \u00a0freeDimensional enters the discussion with the point of view that some of the same conditions which allowed destruction of cultural property in Baghdad were those that adversely affected (or rendered invisible) the city’s artists and culture workers during Ray Ban outlet<\/a> wartime. \u00a0In the words of Mary Ann DeVlieg, Secretary General of the International Network for Contemporary Performing Arts<\/a>, “The arts are about looking, critically reflecting and offering a fresh perspective on society. Everyone has the right to express his or her artistic observations, as well as to have\u00a0 access to the means of producing and disseminating them.\u00a0 Yet artists – who also often portray human motivations –\u00a0 can be particularly vulnerable to repressive groups or regimes afraid of this diversity of opinion.\u00a0 As we reaffirm our commitment to universal values and a democracy based on respect, we need to support the often silenced voices of artists.” \u00a0On Human Rights Day 2010, freeDimensional seeks to highlight the role of the artist in protecting human rights, their communities, and the cultural institutions they have built, sustained, depended on and (at times) challenged.<\/p>\n