FREEMUSE is an independent international organisation which advocates freedom of expression for musicians and composers worldwide.
FREEMUSEis a
membership organisation with its secretariat based in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Freemuse receives funding from The Swedish International development
Cooperation Agency (SIDA), The Sigrid Rausing Trust, Roskilde Festival Charity
Society and Sweden’s Special Initiative for Democratisation and Freedom of
Expression.
FREEMUSE was born of the 1st
World Conference on Music and Censorship held in Copenhagen in November 1998.
The conference joined together professionals from diverse fields and countries
– musicians, journalists, researchers, record industry professionals and human
rights activists – to examine, discuss and document a wide variety of abuses
from the apparently benign to the overtly extreme.
The alarmingly widespread nature of censorship in music prompted the conference attendees to initiate the creation of a new organisation, Freemuse. Its guidelines are the principles outlined in the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights as they apply specifically to musicians and composers. The Freemuse secretariat was established in August 2000.
FREEMUSE IN ACTION
Our objectives are to:
- Document violations and discuss their effects on music life
- Inform media, human rights organisations and the public
- Support musicians in need and observe at their trials
- Develop a global network in support of threatened musicians and composers
To reach these objectives Freemuse initiates a variety of activities:
International campaigns for musicians in need, informative activities, such as
press conferences and lectures, as well as publishing reports, articles and
regular newsletters. Freemuse also participates in several conferences,
seminars and festivals. One of the main Freemuse activities are the recurring
world conferences. For a complete list of Freemuse activities, click here.
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LATEST NEWS
| Darg Team |
| Video interviewwith the Palestinian hip-hop group Darg Team about freedom of expression andtheir experiences with music censorship in Gaza |
| 17 November 2010 |
| Sweden: Musicassociations should engage in freedom of speech |
| Representativesof musicians‘ associations in Sweden say to national radio: «It is about timethat we begin to engage in free speech issues along the lines of Freemuse.» |
| 17 November 2010 |
| Sweden: Safecities for musicians |
| «All overEurope city councils are hosting persecuted writers. Why not persecutedmusicians?», asked Kerstin Brunnberg, chairperson of the Swedish ArtsCouncil |
| 17 November 2010 |
| Iran: Iranianauthorities inspired by the Nazis? |
| ‚Degeneratemusic‘ was a term used by the Nazis in Germany in the 1930s to describe certainforms of music. The same term is increasingly adapted by Iranian authorities |
| 11 November 2010 |
| USA: Radio stationfocuses on Freemuse CD and music censorship |
| The Freemuse CD‘Listen to the banned‘ and discussions about the power of music, and musiccensorship, was in focus in a one-hour radio show on Wisconsin’s public radio |
| 11 November 2010 |
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