Art Under Threat: Attacks on artistic freedom in 2015 | Freemuse
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http://artsfreedom.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2015-case-break-down-3-590x300.jpg Artistic freedom is under extreme pressure in far too many countries. The Freemuse annual report summarises censorship and threats on artistic freedom in 2015 in over 70 countries.
In total, Freemuse registered 469 cases of censorship and attacks on artists and violations of their rights in 2015, making it our worst recorded year yet, nearly doubling the number of cases from 2014 with a 98% increase from the year previous, wherein 237 cases were registered.
While at the UN level there have been positive signs of larger attention being paid to the importance of protecting artistic freedom in 2015, sadly the year was dominated by a 20% increase in registered killings, attacks, abductions, imprisonments and threats, and a staggering 224% increase in acts of censorship.
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Art Under Threat report released on censorship and attacks on artistic freedom in 2015
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Freemuse releases Art Under Threat annual statistics on censorship and attacks on artistic freedom in 2015
Censorship and attacks on artistic freedom on the rise in 2015
Artistic freedom is under extreme pressure in many countries, according to a new report, Art Under Threat, released by Freemuse today. China tops the list of countries that systematically violates and fails to secure artistic freedom with 20 registered serious violations in 2015, followed by Iran with 16, Russia with 15, and three countries tied in fourth place with 10 violations each: Burundi, Syria and Turkey.