Item Archive: human rights
All items pertaining to human rights
PRESS: Euroopan muusikkojen liitot kokoontuivat Madridissa by Muusikkojen liitto
SOURCE: Muusikkojen liitto Muusikkojen liitto 18.11.2019 PRESS TEXT: Euroopan muusikkojen liitot kokoontuivat Madridissa Kansainvälinen muusikkojen liitto (FIM) järjesti Madridissa 14.–15. marraskuuta 2019 yhteistyössä Espanjan muusikkojen liiton (AMPOS) kanssa muusikkojen terveyttä käsittelevän konferenssin, joka oli neljäs laatuaan. Erikoislääkäri Miikka Peltomaan esitys unenlaadun … Continue reading
PRESS: Kholod Hawashin päälle heitettiin happoa, Saddam Jumailya kohti ammuttiin – Suomalainen residenssiohjelma auttaa vainottuja taiteilijoita by Silja Ylitalo
SOURCE: Maailma.net Silja Ylitalo 17.10.2019 PRESS TEXT: Kholod Hawashin päälle heitettiin happoa, Saddam Jumailya kohti ammuttiin – Suomalainen residenssiohjelma auttaa vainottuja taiteilijoita Suomessa toimii residenssiohjelma, joka auttaa taiteilijoita pääsemään turvaan vallanpitäjien ja ääriryhmien vainoa. Tarve on kova, sillä etenkään vaarassa … Continue reading
Schedule: Grammo Suspect – Rainbow Ambassador Kenya
Artists at Risk (AR) and its partners have been delighted and amazed by the incredible creative activity of our first resident at AR-Catalonia, Grace Munene, aka Grammo Suspect – Rainbow Ambassador Kenya. The “Rainbow Ambassador Kenya” has hit the ground … Continue reading
AR Residents Grammo Suspect – Rainbow Ambassador Kenya and Timeka Suspect
Grammo Suspect – Rainbow Ambassador Kenya is a rapper, spoken-word poet, activist and the founder of Rainbow Talent Kenya, a project which aims to uplift the voices of marginalised LGBTQI+ groups in Kenya. Timeka Suspect is a music video producer … Continue reading
Posted in AR-Artist Bios, Immigre Artists and Artists at Risk - NCP Network, Map
Tagged #aralumnus, #artistsatrisk, #myidentity, ar safe haven helsinki, AR-Bridging fund, Grammo Suspect, human rights, Kenya, LGBT, lgbti+, LGBTQIA, my identity, pictorial activism, poetry, Rainbow ambassador, rap, timeka suspect
AR-ER Resident Mohamed Jawad Husein Hameed
Mohamed Jawad Husein Hameed is a Bahraini musician, singer and human rights and environmental activist. As a resident of Ma’ameer, a village in the Kingdom of Bahrain that is surrounded by over 130 polluting factories, industrial workshops, petroleum and petrochemical … Continue reading
Posted in AR-Artist Bios, AR-Artist Events, Map
Tagged #aralumnus, activism, ancient musical instrument, ar-safe haven residency, artists at risk, Bahrain, delmonian lyre, ecologists, ecologists at risk, ecology, environment, freedom of expression, helsinki, hiap, human rights, jawad, Jawad Hameed, kone foundation, lyre, Ma’ameer, MENA, Middle East, Mohamed Jawad Hameed, musician, perpetuum mobile, pollution, risk, singer, suomenlinna
Welcoming Mohamed Jawad Husein Hameed, AR’s first Ecologist at Risk (ER)
We warmly welcome Mohamed Jawad Husein Hameed, a Bahraini musician and singer, as our first Artist and Ecologist at Risk Resident at AR-Safe Haven Helsinki on the island of Suomenlinna in Helsinki. Jawad is an activist, focused on environmental … Continue reading
Posted in AR-Artist Events, NEWS, Timeline
Tagged activism, ancient musical instrument, ar-safe haven residency, artists at risk, Bahrain, ecologists, ecologists at risk, ecology, environment, freedom of expression, helsinki, hiap, human rights, jawad, Jawad Hameed, lyre, MENA, Middle East, Mohamed Jawad Hameed, perpetuum mobile, pollution, risk, suomenlinna
Barıs Seyitvan welcomed to the Artists at Risk (AR)-ZKM | Karlsruhe Residency
We are very happy to announce that Artists at Risk (AR) has secured a year-long, two-part AR-Residency in Germany for the curator and artist Barış Seyitvan. Following his AR-Residency in Helsinki and a bridging period in Belgrade, Seyitvan has arrived … Continue reading
Posted in AR-Artist Events, Map, NEWS
Tagged Artists at Risk (AR), Baris, baris seyitvan, germany, human rights, Karlsruhe, Perpetuuum Mobile, turkey, ZKM Center for Arts and meduia
Free Musician Rami Sidky – Held in Egyptian prison since 2018 – Artists at Risk
Rami Sidky, a 33-year old guitarist and musician from Cairo (Egypt) has been languishing in jail since May 2018. The Egyptian judiciary continues to hold Rami without clear charges. His supposed crime? Alleged participation in a song critical of the … Continue reading
Posted in NEWS
Tagged activism, AR, Egyptian revolution, freedom of expression, freedom of speech, human rights, open letter, Rami Sidky
PRESS: Will Silence be Golden When Our Freedoms Are Gone?
Source: Collecteur, Dorian Batycka January. 2019 PRESS TEXT: Will Silence Be Golden When Our Freedoms Are Gone? The origin of the word “censor” can be traced to the office of censor established in Rome 443 BCE. While free speech and … Continue reading
PRESS: The Challenges of Being a Syrian Artist Today by Ari Akkermans
SOURCE: Hyperallergic Ari Akkermans 19.07.2018 PRESS TEXT: The Challenges of Being a Syrian Artist Today Once artists leave Syria many find that international borders are closed to them as they try to build a professional and creative life in exile. … Continue reading