PRESS/MEDIA COVERAGE 2007
Last updated: 15.05.2008
JANUARY
Musikforums, Germany – Freemuse The World Forum on Music and Censorship – January
Haaretz, Israel – Power to forgive – (3rd World Conf.) – 8/1
Danish Broadcasting Corp, Radio P2 Bolero – ”Fra forbud til eksil og genopbygning” – (On Afghanistan, recorded at Freemuse conference in Istanbul) – 13/1
www.bluerhythm.de/ Germany – Freemuse: Gegen Menschenrechtsverletzung – (3rd World Conf.) – 15/1
Haaertz, Israel – Trapped Notes – (Third world conference) – 15/1
SR, Swedish Radio, P2 – Mitt i Musiken, Freemuse får Sida Stöd – 24/1
World Music Central: Freemuse Publishes Hidden Truths – Music, Politics and Censorship in Lukashenkas’s Belarus – 30/1
IFEX – International Freedom of Expression Exchange – 'Media Invited to Highlight Music and Censorship' – 30/1
FEBRUARY
Politiken, Denmark – “Det må du ikke synge” – “You can’t sing that” – (Article covering the World Conference, Istanbul) – 2/2
Desinet.dk, Denmark – (Salman Ahmad & Freemuse. Includes several comments by readers at http://www.desinet.dk/forum_thread.php?
thread_id=12288&PHPSESSID=280f1a7ed181eef184956fa829bc7367) – 2/2
Swedish Radio P2 & P1 – Mitt I Musiken – (Music Freedom Day) – 2/2 & 3/2
Radio France/France Culture: the weekly programme Equinoxe features a music censorship theme in the week up to 3 March
Dar al Hayat, Lebanon – Lebanese “Underground" Music Groups are Highlighted at Freemuse Conference in Istanbul– (3rd world conf.) – 3/2
World Music Central, – Freemuse invites broadcasters to participate in a global media event on the subject of Music – 3/2
World Music Central – “Thoughts about Censorship for Music Freedom Day 2007” – 3/2
Berlingske Tidende, Denmark –'Film om rock i Pakistan' –’Film on rock in Pakistan’ – 6/2
Urban, Denmark – 'Pakistans svar på Bono' – ’The Pakistani version of Bono’(full page on Salman Ahmad) – 7/2
Hodjas Blog (hodja.wordpress.com) – Three films about music and Islam hit Scandinavia – (Freemuse debate and link to freemuse.org) – 8/2
Danish Broadcasting Corporation, P2 – “Musik & Censur: Forbudte takter” – (coverage from Istanbul conference: P2 theme) – 8/2
Danish Broadcasting Corporation, P4 – (interview with Ole Reitov about Salman Ahmad) – 8/2
DR Online News (Danish Broadcasting Corporation) – headline news: Sydasiens svar på Bono er snart I København – South Asia’s equivalence to Bono is soon in Copenhagen (Salman Ahmad in Copenhagen) – 8/2
Luftskibet.information.dk (blog) – Pakistans svar på Bono – (Salman Ahmad, film & debate) – 9/2
Danish Broadcasting Corporation, P2 – (interview with Ole Reitov about Salman Ahmad & The Rockstar & the Mullahs) – 9/2
TV2 News, 7 p.m., Denmark – (Interview with Salman Ahmad) – 10/2
Danish Broadcasting Corporation, DR2 TV channel, 'Deadline', 'Må gode muslimer spille rockmusik?' – ‘May good muslims play rock music?’ – (2:09 + 8:41 minutes)–10/2
SONGLINES, UK – Editorial by Simon Broughton on Freemuse conference in Istanbul - February
DJEMBE Magazine, Denmark – 'Music is not a curse' – Issue 59
Kristeligt Dagblad, Denmark – 'Magt og musik'(Power and music) and
'Hjerterne taler samme sprog'(The hearts speak the same language) – 14/2
www.junoonforums.com, Artist homepage – Media Focus on Salman Ahmad’s Denmark visit – (Artist posting on forum + commentaries) – 16/2
Krboys.livejournal.com – “Afghani Entertainers Receive Death Threats” – (interview with Ole Reitov and Jamshid Martin) – 17/2
SR, Sweden – Folke – (programme about music censorship, interview with Marie Korpe) – 18/2
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC – One week of dedicated programming, called Censor-This!, involving 17 programs and including a one hour music documentary, from 18-24 February 2007, and then repeating the music documentary on 3 March for Music Freedom Day. Read more on: cbc.ca/censorthis
Mondomix, France, online magazine (English version) – Music Freedom Day March 3rd: marking censorship around the globe – (3rd World Conf.) – 20/2
Det Arabiske Initiativ, newsletter – About Freemuse and its work in the Middle East – 22/2
The Independent, UK – Obituary: Mai Ghoussoub – (Freemuse key-note speech) – 23/2
www.survie-france.org, Organisation against Neo-colonialism, France– Décolonisons! Africa wants to be free: Acte II – (Freemuse Istanbul Conference – Africa wants to be free debate) – 23/2
Allafrica.com – “Zimbabwe: ZBH Snubs Music Day and Maintains Censorship” – (Music Freedom Day and music censorship in Zimbabwe) – 25/2
NDR Info, Germany – Freemuse Belarus Report – 25/2
Berlingske Tidende, Denmark – “Censur har konsekvenser” – “Censorship has consequences” – (Article about Salman Ahmad & Interview with Ole Reitov) – 27/2
Berlingske Tidende, Denmark – ”En musikalsk oprører” – ”A musical rebel” – (Article about Salman Ahmad) – 27/2
Daily News & Analysis, DNA India – 'Censoring the censors' – 28/2
The Standard, Zimbabwe – ZBH Snubs Music day, maintains censorship – (Article by John Mokwetsi about Music freedom day and censorship in Zimbabwe) – February
Afropop: “Radio around the World focuses this March on Music and Human Rights” – Music Doc programme, Salman Ahmad, February
Politiken, Denmark – “Halal eller haram” – “Halal or haram” – (Salman Ahmad) – 23/2
CBC, Espace Musique, Canada (quoting host Dan Behrman) "keeps talking about it before and after 3 March"
Mesam Magazine, Turkey – (Article about Freemuse 3rd World Conference in Istanbul) – February/March Issue
MARCH
Musikeren, Denmark – “Musik er fandens værk” – “Music is the work of the devil” – about Salman Ahmad in Copenhagen – February/March
Mondomix Newsletter, France – (Music freedom day & interviews with artists from Freemuse website)
Afropop Worldwide – 'Radio Around the World focuses this March on Music and Human Rights' – 1/3
Radio France International (English services) – World Tracks (a special theme on music and censorship by Daniel Brown) – 2/3
Tishk TV, Kurdish-Persian TV channel, France – Sirus Malakooty (Iranian human right activist who lives in exile in Paris, founder of the Artists Without Frontiers organisation, AFW) has a programme about censorship in Iran and in general – 2/3
IRMA: Centre d’information et ressources pour les musiques actuelles – 3 mars: journée mondiale contre la censure musicale – 3 March: World-wide day against musical censorship – (Music Freedom Day) – 2/3
World Music Central – 'Thoughts About Censorship for Music Freedom Day 2007' – 2/3
BBC, Worldroutes (L.Duran) (S. Broughton on Music Freedom Day) – 3/3
Index on Censorship, UK– 'Let the music play' – 3/3
Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR), P2 radio/Bolero – “Musikcensur I DR?” (Music censorship at DR?) – 3/3
Danish Broadcasting Radio, P2 – (interview with Ole Reitov on the work and effects of Freemuse and Radio Freedom Day) – 3/3
Netherlands Radio, Spanish service – (interviews with artists & Ariana Hernandez Requant concerning Music Freedom Day) – 3/3
Netherlands Radio, English Service – Theme on Music Freedom Day (interview with Marie Korpe) – 3/3
Swedish Radio P2 – Theme on Music Freedom Day (Interview with Marie Korpe) – 3/3
Aftenposten, Norway – 'Musikksensur i Guds navn'– ‘Music censorship in God's name’ – 3/3
Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation: NRK P2 Kulturnyt – (Music Freedom Day) – 3/3
Radio Multikulti, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg, Berlin's section of the national public service ARD:Germany. The programme Meridian 13 – a music magazine broadcast from 10:05 til 13:00 on 3 March with presenter/producer Johannes Theurer and editor Dietmar Meinhold – broadcasts a five minutes live on air telephone interview with Bashar Shammout) – 3/3
Daily Times Pakistan, FM 101, a country-wide public sector radio channel – (Journalist and broadcaster Ahmed Raza looks into how they can contribute to and support the initiative) – 3/3
Moffom.org (Music On Film Film On Music), Festival, Czech Republic – (Music Freedom Day) – 3/3
Omnipelagos.com (webpage finding the shortest path between any two things – information from Wikipedia) – (Freemuse is a possible search reference) – 8/3
BBC World Service, UK (Russian services) – (Music Freedom Day w. J. Walton) – 8/3?
SR, Swedish Radio International, Belarusian Services – (Belarus report - interview J. Wallton, M. Korpe) – 12/3
Swedish Broadcasting Corporation, P2 – Mitt I Musiken – (US blacklisting of Lullabies from the axis of Evil – O. Reitov) – 13/3
Law Librarian Blog – (Review Freemuse web site) – 13/3
Il giornale della musica, Italy – Dagli al censore! – 13/3
Uruk Media International Organization and Iraqi National News Agency: Wessam K. Hussain has informedFreemuse that they "are ready to participate in this global day Daily Times Pakistan, for the freedom of music"
Morgenbladet, Norway – Å redigere en tekst (To edit a text) – 16/3
Document.no (cultural/political/critical magazine), Norway – Fucking kolt i Vesten – Fucking cold in the West – (Zaki and Ole Reitov – the Rockstar and the Mullahs) – 20/3
APRIL
Musikbladet for Gymnasie- og HF lærere, Denmark – “Musikcensur I undervisningen – kan du se pointen” – (Music censorship in teaching), April
Musikbladet for Gymnasie- og HF lærere, Denmark – “Musik er en menneskeret” på Ordrup Gymnasium (Music is a human right), April
Levantine Deamhouse, blog – Hands off Marcel Khalife! – (Freemuse info & signing of petition list), 1/4
Donneinmusica.org, Italy – (About Freemuse website + link) – 10/4
Magnitizdat (Freemuse web site) – 13/4
Notsaussure.wordpress.com – (Freemuse web site) – 13/4
La Gazette du GAM (web), France – Marcel Khalifé dans le collimateur des islamistes (Marcel Khalifé in the sight of Islamists) – (mentions Freemuse + links to Freemuse in English and in French) – Gazette nr. 15, April
Swedish Radio P2, Klingan – (about Freemuse) – 19/4
SR, Sweden – Møte med Mavis Staples – (Freemuse & Maryam Mursal) – 22/4
CNN – (TV-interview with Gorki/about Freemuse) – 23/4
www.belarus-actions.org – Freemuse Report: 'Hidden Truths – Music, Politics and Censorship in Lukashenko’s Belarus' – (Freemuse Belarus report + link) – 24/4
Leggio, Italy – Shoot the Singer! (Interview R. Lucey)
SVT, Kulturnytt, Sweden – (Interview O.Reitov, Ethiopia)
MAY
Leggio, EDT newsletter musica, Italy – (Interview M. Korpe) – nr.13 Primavera 2007
Djembe, World music magazine, Denmark – Musikere trues på livet – Musicians threatened to death – May/July issue
RAI, TV News, Italy – (Interview M. Korpe & Sparate sul Pianista!/Shoot the Singer!) –12/5
Radio Centro 95, Italy – (Interview M. Korpe & Sparate sul Pianista!/ Shoot the Singer!) – 12/5
RAI, Radio 3 Live, Italy – “Terzo Anello” (cultural program) – (Interview M. Korpe & Sparate sul Pianista!/ Shoot the Singer!) – 13/5
Being Had Times – (News from Belarus & Eastern Europe: Hidden Truths) – 13/5
Raha.ch, Iranian Exile web – (Several Freemuse articles, pdf’s and videos) – 13/5
Corriere della Sera, Italy – Da “Imagine” ai tamburi, la musica proibita – 20/5
Corriere della Sera, Italy – Sparate sul pianista! (review & Freemuse) – 20/5
Il Sole 24, Italy – (Review, Sparate sul pianista!) – 20/5
SaudiDebate.Com – ‘Beyond public condemnation’ – (Article by Susannah Tarbush about the case of Marcel Khalife in Bahrein, the Freemuse statement and other Freemuse reports) – 21/5
RAI, Radio 1 (The forgotten Planet!) (Interview M. Korpe/Sparata sul pianista!) – 22/5
CNN, News, Turkey – (Interview with O.Reitov at 5G about Freemuse) – 25/5
SVT, Sweden – Kulturnyheterna – (O. Reitov + Etiopien) – 28/5
Internazionale, Italy – (Review Sparate sul pianista!) – May
La Stampa, Italy – (Review Sparate sul pianista!) – May
Diario, Italy – (Review Sparate sul pianista!) – May
JUNE
RAI, Radio 3 – (Sparate sul pianista!. Interview w. V, Perna) – 7/6
Mondomix – Free Ferhat Tunç – (about the Freemuse campaing) – 7/6
Fnac, Milano, Italy – Sparate sul pianista! – (advertisement) – 18/6
JULY
IberoAmericana (Univ Radio), Mexico – (Radio interview with Elijah Wald
Jamaica Sunday Gleaner: Semaj gives explicit advice and quotes freemuse.org) – 29/7
Diario della Settimana, Italy – (Sparate sul pianista!) – 31/7
AUGUST
Klingan, SR P2, Sweden – Möte med Brian Eno (Meeting Brian Eno) – (interview with O. Reitov) – 6/8
Fyens Stiftstidende, Denmark – Ingen band der binder os – (interview with Ole Reitov, link to freemuse.org) – 23/8
Diario della Settimana, Italy – Sparate sul pianista! – (review Shoot the Singer!) – 31/8
www.radix.uiaa.mx, Mexico – Archive for the ’Popular & Unpopular Music (PuP)’ Category – (review of speeches by Ole Reitov & Elijah Wald at the conference in Mexico) – August
SEPTEMBER
SAKO NYHEDER, Denmark – Niels Hausgaard til Tyrkiet for at støtte sanger – Niels Hausgaard in Turkey to support Turkish singer – (Ferhat Tunç case) – September
Il giornale della musica, Italy – Dagli al censore! – nr. 240 September
u-landsnyt.dk, Denmark – Freemuse rapport: Man kan ikke gore musik tavs (Freemuse report: You cannot silence music) – (3rd WC report) – 4/9
Politikken (Daily Newspaper), Denmark – Musikken udfordrer magten (The music challenges the power) – (Kronikken – O. Reitov writes about 3rd WC report) – 14/9
DR P2, Danish Broadcasting Corporation – (Interview with O. Reitov – Music will not be Silenced) – 14/9
The Tanjara (blog) – Freemuse report ‘music will not be silenced’ – 16/9
IMC, International Music Council, Australia – Newsletter – Music will not be silenced: New Freemuse report – (3rd WC report) – 19/9
Bergens Tidende, Norway – Den sensurerte musikken – The censored music – (main article sources Freemuse) – 23/9
Politiken, Denmark – Udenlandsk censur spøger på P3 (Foreign censorship haunts P3) – (quote Ole Reitov and link to Freemuse) – 25/9
Danish Broadcasting Corp. P3, Morning news – (interview with Ole Reitov on “sanitized records” and music censorship at DR – follow up on Politiken article) – 25/9
Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, P2 Musik (interview M. Korpe - Nobel peace centre & Freemuse) – 26/9
Freedimentional, international blog – Leading member of the European Parliament joins Freemuse at Ferhat Tunç court case in Izmir next week (Turkey) – 28/9
DR Kultur, (Danish Broadcasting Corporation, radio + web) – Hausgaard til Tyrkiet for at støtte sanger – Hausgaard to Turkey to support Turkish singer – 16:10 – 28/9
www.bonde.dk, Danish weblog – ”Spil Dansk pris” til kurder ved retssag i Izmir – ”Play Danish Prize” to Kurd at trial in Izmir – 28/9
ulandsnyt.dk, web, Denmark - Bonde og Hausgaard til Tyrkiet for at støtte sanger i retssag – Bonde and Hausgaard to Turkey in support of singer in trial – 30/9
Djembe, World music magazine, Denmark – Music Freedom Day * Music Will Not Be Silenced (2 short notices) – Sept/Nov Issue