Urgent appeal to United Nations, National governments, Human Rights Organisations and all individuals, organisations, corporations and media involved in music.  

During the conference it has been documented that numerous governments and political and religious groups in the World Community are violating the rights of freedom of expression for musicians, songwriters, lyricists, and composers.

These violations include censorship, banning, physical and mental abuse, imprisonment and even assassination. 

As specified in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression. This right includes the freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media regardless of frontiers. 

As a result of the conference we are establishing a network to defend the rights of musicians within the spirit of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 

Appeal to the Danish government

The 1st World conference on Music and censorship documented that numerous governments, political and religious groups in the World Community are violating the rights of freedom of expression for musicians, songwriters, lyricists, and composers.

These violations include censorship, banning, physical and mental abuse, imprisonment and even assassination.

We want to thank the Danish government for making this first conference possible and we appeal to the government to support the establishing of a centre that can :

-document violations of musicians right to freedom of expression.

-link grups and individuals all over the world fighting the violations.

We also appeal to the government to support our attempt to create an international organisation that on the lines of PEN can support musicians that are censored, banned and threatened.

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