FREEMUSE - THE WORLD FORUM ON MUSIC AND CENSORSHIP is an independent international organization advocating freedom of expression for musicians and composers worldwide. FREEMUSE stands for "FREEdom of MUSical Expression".

The alarmingly widespread nature of censorship in music prompted the conference attendees to initiate the creation of a new organization, FREEMUSE. As its guide are the principles outlined in the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights as they apply specifically to musicians and composers. The FREEMUSE secretariat was established in August 2000. FREEMUSE is a membership organization with its secretariat based in Copenhagen, Denmark. For the establishment of a secretariat, FREEMUSE receives core funding from the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and SIDA, the Swedish International Development Coorperation Agency. FREEMUSE was born of the 1st World Conference on Music and Censorship held in Copenhagen in November 1998. The conference joined together professionals from diverse fields and countries – musicians, journalists, researchers, record industry professionals and human rights activists – to examine, discuss and document a wide variety of abuses from the apparently benign to the overtly extreme.

FREEMUSE objectives are to: • Document violations and discuss their effects on music life. • Inform media, human rights organisations and the public. • Support musicians in need and observe at their trials. • Develop a global network in support of threatened musicians and composers.

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