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Since this is a community of musicians, I thought this was a good place to bring this under your attention:

Imagine the world without music. Or imagine a world where we are told what to play, what to sing and even what we may listen to in the privacy of our own homes. That world already exists. In more countries that you might imagine, musicians and composers are under threat. And that threat is growing.

In countries like Sudan, Afghanistan and China, violations of musician’s rights to freedom of expression are commonplace. In the USA and Algeria, lobbying groups have succeeded in keeping popular music off the concert stage, and out of the media and retail. In ex-Yugoslavia musicians are often pawns in political dramas, and the possibility of free expression has been aversely affected.

Freedom is one of the post precious things we have, but too often and too easy we let it take away.
We, musicians, can support our colleagues in their struggle against music censorship and oppression.

For more information visit: www.freemuse.org

fully agree it's a shame that such things are possible on this planet. I am with you