Item Archive: human rights
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AR-Resident Collen Kajokoto records poignant video on freedom of artistic expression
Zimbabwean protest poet and recent Artists at Risk (AR)-Resident Collen Kajokoto has recorded a poignant video speaking to the importance of artistic freedom and defending free speech, which AR is sharing in full for the first time today. Excerpts of … Continue reading
Posted in Map, NEWS
Tagged artistic expression, artistic freedom, collen kajokoto, free speech, freedom of expression, human rights, mai khoi, Norway, zimbabwe
PRESS: Kuolemanvakavasti hauska by Suomen Kuvalehti
SOURCE: Suomen Kuvalehti Kristiina Sarasti 23.04.2021 PRESS TEXT: Kuolemanvakavasti hauska Suomeen asettunut poliittinen pilapiirtäjä Kianoush Ramezani on omistanut elämänsä sananvapauden vaalimiselle. Pilapiirtäjä Kianoush Ramezanin suosikkirutiini on kuvien luonnostelu kahviloissa. © MARJO TYNKKYNEN KUN Kianoush Ramezani viisivuotiaana istui perheensä auton … Continue reading
Joint NGO Statement: States break silence to condemn Egypt’s abuses at UN rights body
AR joins international NGOs and Finnish-led coalition of states in condemning systematic human rights violations in Egypt March 12, 2021 Earlier today, the Finnish Ambassador to the UN in Geneva delivered a joint statement on behalf of 31 countries urging … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigns, NEWS
Tagged #FreeMustafaGamal, #HRC46, #prisonersofbalaha, #الحرية_للمعتقلين, advocacy, AR, Artists at Risk (AR), arts, Campaigns, culture, democracy, European Union, Free Galal, free speech, freedom, freedom from torture, freedom of expression, freedom of speech, freegalal, human rights, perpetuum mobile, Policy, statement
PRESS: REPRESSIÓ Marita Muukkonen i Ivor Stodolsky, codirectores d’Artistes en Risc “Els creadors han de poder presentar obres controvertides sense que els tribunals els amenacin”, in Directa
Source: Directa.cat ENGLISH interview questions Please also use your favourite auto-translate tool to also read original text as published in Catalan below, which includes the story of Lisa Fittko’s work in the Resistance Movement against Nazism in the Second World … Continue reading
Posted in NEWS, Press Reports
Tagged #artistsatrisk, activism, AR, Catalan rap, Catalonia, freedom of expression, freedom of speech, Gag law, human rights, Pablo Hasél, spain
#RISKANDREBELLION PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED!
CLICK HERE TO SEE THE PROGRAMME! Click here to find information about each participant. Watch the full 7-hour #RiskandRebellion Symposium and Concert on YouTube! The #RiskandRebellion programme is out. Check it for details of each CHAPTER, participant and/or musical, activist or … Continue reading
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Tagged #artistsatrisk, #prisonersofbalaha, #TSQ2, activism, AR, art, artists at risk, Artists at Risk (AR), artists at risk symposium, dissident, galal el-behairy, human rights, live, perpetual mobile, pm, Politics, RiskandRebellion, symposium
Open Letter: European Democracy Action Plan
September 14, 2020 This open letter is being submitted in response to the public consultation launched by the European Commission on the European Democracy Action Plan (EDAP). We, the undersigned, welcome the initiative to develop a European Democracy Action Plan … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigns, NEWS
Tagged advocacy, AR, Artists at Risk (AR), arts, Campaigns, culture, democracy, eu, European Union, freedom, freedom of expression, freedom of speech, human rights, open letter, perpetuum mobile, Policy, Policy recommendations
PRESS: Vasemmiston olisi reagoitava voimakkaammin islamismiin, vaatii Suomeen muuttanut pilapiirtäjä, Kianoush Ramezani by Voima
SOURCE: Voima Ilona Iida Simes 04.09.2020 PRESS TEXT: Vasemmiston olisi reagoitava voimakkaammin islamismiin, vaatii Suomeen muuttanut pilapiirtäjä, Kianoush Ramezani Maailmankuulu poliittinen pilapiirtäjä, iranilaissyntyinen Kianoush Ramezani varoittaa Eurooppaa demokratian murenemisesta ja ihmisoikeuksien polkemisesta. Ikuinen kuningas. Sitä tarkoittaa Kianoush-etunimi muinaisen persian … Continue reading
Posted in NEWS, Press Reports
Tagged #artistsatrisk, activism, alliancesforartatrisk, cooperation, freedom of expression, freedom of speech, human rights, Iran
Hietsun Paviljonki welcomes Artists at Risk (AR)
The new AR Studio, Event and Workshop space for AR-Residents on Hietaranta Beach in Helsinki. Artists at Risk (AR) is delighted to be joining the community at Hietsun Paviljonki in Helsinki, with the use of a studio and a workshop … Continue reading
PRESS: THE BIGGER PICTURE ARTISTS AT RISK by Gillian Jakab
SOURCE: Gagosian Gillian Jakab 09.06.2020 PRESS TEXT: THE BIGGER PICTURE ARTISTS AT RISK Artists at Risk (AR) is a nonprofit organization that facilitates the secure passage of persecuted artists and welcomes them in safe-haven residencies around the world. But … Continue reading
Mustafa Gamal to be released from pre-trial detention
Artists at Risk (AR) is delighted to hear that Mustafa Gamal is to be released from pre-trial detention. Following a concerted campaign for his release, led by AR and partners, the Public Prosecution Office announced at the beginning of June … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigns
Tagged #prisonersofbalaha, artists at risk, freedom of expression, galal el-behairy, human rights, Mustafa Gamal