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REPORTS PUBLISHED BY FREEMUSE All Freemuse reports can be downloaded free of charge. You can also purchase a paper-copy. Launch of Freemuse's new report on censorship of heavy metal music Mark LeVine is online, ready to communicate with you on Facebook and Skype, from 6 PM to 8 PM GMT on Monday 22 February 2010. 17 February 2010 Freemuse report on censorship of heavy metal music Headbanging against repressive regimes - Censorship of heavy metal in the Middle East, North Africa, Southeast Asia and China. Freemuse report no. 9 25 January 2010 Afghanistan - special report: The cage is singing Freemuse Special Report, 'The cage is singing', is an in-depth report with ten video interviews and a book about music censorship in Afghanistan - past and present 25 February 2008 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 Belarus: 'Hidden Truths' report appendix - audio and video Online appendix to the Freemuse report on music censorship in Belarus, 'Hidden Truths', with links to and information about seven Belarusian songs - six audio files and one video 12 February 2007 Belarus: 'Hidden Truths' report appendix - song lyrics Online appendix to the Freemuse report on music censorship in Belarus, 'Hidden Truths', with links to and information about seven Belarusian songs - six audio files and one video 12 February 2007 Freedom of musical expression in Belarus - report Freemuse turns its attention to Belarus - an authoritarian former Soviet country buffering the EU and Russia where many Belarusian rock musicians have been banned 23 January 2007 Freedom of musical expression in the Middle East - report 'All that is Banned is Desired' summarizes the sessions and discussions held at the 'Conference on Freedom of Expression in Music' in Beirut in October 2005 06 June 2006 Freemuse report on censorship in post 9/11 USA ’Singing in the Echo Chamber’. Music censorship in the U.S. after September 11. New report published by Freemuse 13 February 2006 Postscript to report on censorship in Zimbabwe "Playing with Fire: Fear and Self-Censorship in Zimbabwean Music". Extensive Freemuse report, including case studies on Thomas Mapfumo and Oliver Mtukudzi. Read abstract and full report (PDF) 05 January 2005 Afghanistan report Post Scriptum, 2003 Post Scriptum by John Baily to the report: "Can you stop the birds singing?" The censorship of music in Afghanistan 24 September 2003 Freemuse report on censorship in Nigeria: "Which way Nigeria?" Music under Threat: A Question of Money, Morality, Self-Censorship and the Sharia. Read or purchase the Freemuse report on music censorship in Nigeria. French and English version available 30 April 2003 Freemuse report on censorship in Romania: "A Little Bit Special" Censorship and the Gypsy Musicians of Romania. Fremuse report 02/2001 25 October 2001 Freemuse report on music censorship in Zimbabwe "Playing with Fire: Fear and Self-Censorship in Zimbabwean Music". Extensive Freemuse report, including case studies on Thomas Mapfumo and Oliver Mtukudzi. Read abstract and full report (PDF) 25 October 2001 Freemuse report on censorship of music in Afghanistan "Can you stop the birds singing?" Freemuse report on the censorship of music in Afghanistan. Abstract, full report (PDF) and musical examples 01 May 2001