{"id":1345,"date":"2015-02-19T15:10:13","date_gmt":"2015-02-19T15:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/covcasbulletin.info\/?p=1345"},"modified":"2015-02-20T21:39:09","modified_gmt":"2015-02-20T21:39:09","slug":"turkey-ranks-3-in-violations-against-musicians-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/covcasbulletin.info\/?p=1345","title":{"rendered":"Turkey Ranks #3 in Violations Against Musicians\u2019 Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>BIA News Desk<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Freemuse monitored and documented violations of freedom of expression for musicians on www.freemuse.org in 2014.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Musicians around the world are facing imprisonment, attacks, and censorship in attempts by government and non-state actors to silence the music.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/covcasbulletin-info.hhd.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Covcas-Turkey-Musicians-rights-violations.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1346\" src=\"https:\/\/covcasbulletin-info.hhd.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Covcas-Turkey-Musicians-rights-violations.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/covcasbulletin.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Covcas-Turkey-Musicians-rights-violations.png 510w, https:\/\/covcasbulletin.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Covcas-Turkey-Musicians-rights-violations-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a>In 2014, Freemuse registered a total number of 90 attacks and violations against musicians\u2019 rights to musical freedom of expression. The cases include: 1 musician killed, 17 musicians imprisoned, 9 musicians attacked and and 14 musicians prosecuted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia tops the unflattering list with 15 cases followed by China with 13 and Turkey with nine cases, according to the Freemuse tally released today. Governmental pre-censorship practices in countries such as Iran, Saudi Arabia and North Korea severely damage music life but cannot be statistically measured.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<strong>Daily threats<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Pakistan, Pashto singer Gulnaz was killed when gunmen entered her house and shot her dead. Attacks on female singers are not uncommon in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province where music creators and music shops almost daily are facing threats on music life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In China \u2014 one of the great violators of artistic freedom \u2014 you don\u2019t get away with music and lyrics addressing the suppression of Tibetan cultural identity. China continues to detain and imprison musicians, who criticise Chinese cultural hegemony. Currently China keeps a dozen Tibetan musicians in detention and imprisonment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Turkey and Russia \u2014 frequently with nationalistic and political overtones \u2014 continue to persecute musicians accentuating the troubling erosion of democracy and human rights in the two countries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>National governments&#8217; responsibilities.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cSilencing musicians with violence, imprisonment and intimidations not only violates the individual\u2019s right to freedom of expression, it robs local and global communities of the joy and critical perspectives expressed through music,\u201d said Freemuse Executive Director Ole Reitov.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIt is crucial that national governments respect their obligations to implement international human rights conventions.\u201d (EKN\/BM)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>BIA News Desk Freemuse monitored and documented violations of freedom of expression for musicians on www.freemuse.org in 2014. 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