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| Start page | Speakers | Programme | Photos | Video interviews |   3rd FREEMUSE WORLD CONFERENCE ON MUSIC AND CENSORSHIP 06 December 2006 MEDIA COVERAGE Sorted by country where published/broadcast in alphabetical order • In Canada Radio: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's 'Global Village' reported about the conference and "a musician censored by Turkey" – along with "a struggling Iraqi death metal band" on 23 and 25 November 2006 Global Village - 23 November 2006 Bruce Edwards, CBC National Radio News, did a story on the scene in Turkey for a programme on CBC Radio called 'Dispatches', on 30 November 2006: "There's no denying the power of music to enrage and inspire. Repressive states have always regarded it with suspicion. But this is no tale from times past. There are still places where musicians are forced to sing the censor's song, and -- musicians being musicians -- there are plenty who refuse to do it. This is a story from Turkey, where a group of them recently gathered to sing and play in spite of the state. And supporters from around the world listened. The CBC's Bruce Edwards was sitting in." www.cbc.ca/dispatches Listen to the dispatch (in RealAudio) • In Denmark The Danish Broadcasting Corporation's journalist Anne Bro has produced a series of reports and a theme programme for 'Bolero' which is broadcast on the national radio channel DR P2. 25 November 2006: 'Musikcensur lever stadig' (4:22 – report from the conference in Istanbul in Danish language) 2 December 2006: 'Udsat for censur' (10:13 – about South Africa) 12 December 2006: 'Tyrkisk musik i kamp' (9:18 – about Turkey) 13 January 2007: 'Fra forbud til eksil og genopbygning' (9:59 – about Afghanistan) 1 February 2007: 'Forbudte takter på P2' – press release entitled 'Forbidden bars on P2' about Bolero's theme programme on music and censorship on 8 February 2007 • In France Editorial by Daniel Brown in the English section of the online magazine Mondomix – 20 December 2006: 'Freemuse denounces prevailing human rights abuses against musicians' Theme and editorial by Daniel Brown in the English section of Mondomix contains a music censorship theme with nine interviews, videos and portraits of censored artists – February 2007: 'Music Freedom Day March 3rd : marking censorship around the globe' • In Israel Articles by journalist Noam Ben-Zeev in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz. 26 December 2006: 'Trapped notes' 8 January 2007: 'Power to forgive' • In Lebanon / the Middle East Articles by Susannah Tarbush in the culture-pages of the Beirut-based daily Dar Al-Hayat. 14 December 2006: 'Freemuse Third World Conference On Music And Censorship' 3 February 2007: 'Lebanese "Underground" Music Groups are Highlighted at Freemuse Conference in Istanbul' • In the Netherlands Two articles by journalist Bram Posthumus on the website Powerofculture.org: 'Alternatieve muziekscene op Cuba wint terrein' 'Alternative music scene gains ground on Cuba' 'Conferentie over muziekcensuur in Istanbul' • In Norway Radio: A summary of the Freemuse conference was presented by Norwegian journalist Arne Berg in the radio programme 'Jungeltelgrafen'. Different reports were aired individually on different radio shows during the week. Look under the menu "Nettradio" and then go to "Jungeltelegrafen – etnomusikk i P2 (02.12.06 14:03)". (This audio is in the Norwegian language and will be available only for three weeks after broadcast): www.nrk.no/programmer/sider/jungeltelegrafen • In Sweden Svenska Dagbladet – 29 November 2006: 'Freemuse vill befria musiken från censur' Article in Swedish by Nanushka Yeaman – 1 December 2006: 'Iran synar musikcensuren' • In Turkey Six-pages article in MESAM Magazine (Musical Work Owners Society of Turkey) – March 2007 View or download article in pdf-format • In United Kingdom The leading world music magazine Songlines has produced a podcast with a Freemuse feature which can be accessed online on this podcast-address. The podcast programme includes highlights from the March-April 2007 issue of Songlines (#42), and Songlines editor Simon Broughton's 7:30-minutes report from Freemuse's World Conference on Music and Censorship in Istanbul starts 10 minutes inside the programme. It contains interview with human right activist and musician Sanar Yurdatapan, and Cihan Keskek from the Turkish band Grup Yorum. • In Zimbabwe Articles by Zimbabwean journalist Rhoda Mashavave for ZimbabweJournalists.com 2 December 2006: 'Musicians continue to suffer from censorship' 31 December 2006: 'Censorship continues to silence musicians' See also  Music Freedom Day media coverage – since many of the programmes which were prepared for the Music Freedom Day on 3 March 2007 were based on interview and press material from the conference in Istanbul More about the conference 3rd Freemuse World Conference - report Read all the speeches and testimonials from the 3rd Freemuse World Conference on music censorship, held in Istanbul in 2006 20 August 2007 3rd Freemuse World Conference on Music and Censorship 200 professional musicians, scholars, and composers from 22 countries met at the 3rd Freemuse World Conference on 25-26 November 2006 in Istanbul, Turkey 18 December 2006 Fadal Dey Video interview with Fadal Dey about the situation in 2006 concerning music censorship in Côte d'Ivoire and West Africa 16 January 2007 Grup Yorum Video interview with three members of Istanbul-based Grup Yorum about their personal experiences with music censorship in Turkey 09 February 2007 Jason Carter Video interview with musician Jason Carter about his experience of music censorship and music prohibition in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East 22 January 2007 Jeroen de Kloet Video interview with the Dutch Assistant Professor Jeroen de Kloet about the situation in 2006 concerning music censorship in China 06 December 2006 Mario Masvidal: Music censorship in Cuba Video interview with the Cuban professor Mario Masvidal about the situation in Cuba in 2006 concerning music censorship 09 January 2007 Maxwell Sibanda: Music censorship in Zimbabwe Video interview with Zimbabwean journalist Maxwell Sibanda about the situation in Zimbabwe in 2006 concerning music censorship 31 January 2007 Maya Medich & Lemez Lovas: Music censorship in Belarus Video with anthropologist Medich and musician and journalist Lovas who explained about music censorship in Belarus at the Third Freemuse World Conference in 2006 31 January 2007 Media coverage of the 3rd Freemuse World Conference Reports, articles, radio and tv about the 3rd Freemuse World Conference in Istanbul in November 2006 06 December 2006 Mirwaiss Sidiqi: Music in Afghanistan 2006 Video interview with Mirwaiss Sidiqi about the situation in Afghanistan in 2006 concerning music - and the Taliban's religous ban on music 11 January 2007 Photos of the 3rd Freemuse World Conference Photos from the 3rd Freemuse World Conference in Istanbul on 25-26 November 2006 06 December 2006 Programme of the 3rd Freemuse World Conference Conference programme from the 3rd Freemuse World Conference on Music and Censorship, in Istanbul in November 2006 02 December 2006 Rabah Donquishoot Video interview with Rabah Donquishoot from the Algerian rap group MBS about the situation in 2006 concerning music censorship in Algeria 14 May 2007 Roger Lucey Video interview with musician and journalist Roger Lucey about his personal experience of music censorship in South Africa in the 1970's. "It is death to the artist", he says. 06 February 2007 Sanar Yurdatapan Video interview with the Turkish composer and human rights activist, and director of the Association for Freedom of Expression, Şanar Yurdatapan 06 December 2006 Selda Bagcan: speech - November 2006 Video of Turkish singer Selda Bağcan's testimony at the third Freemuse World Conference where she speaks about her personal experiences with music censorship in Turkey 15 May 2007 Speakers of the 3rd Freemuse World Conference Speakers at 3rd Freemuse World Conference in Istanbul - 25-26 November 2006 05 December 2006 Stephan Smith-Said Video interview with the American musician and political activist Stephan Smith-Said (and others) about the importance of music and of fighting music censorship 06 December 2006 Turkey: Anti-censorship initiative launched A new initiative against censorship was born when artists from Turkey launched the SSS - Sanatta Sansüre Son - which means "End to Censorship on Arts" 30 November 2006