Bobi Wine i FB melding 6. januar: "- After imprisoning our entire campaign team, today they blocked the new medical and security teams and also impounded the media cars. They said I must go to the campaign alone. They thought that would affect the s… — Bobi Wine i FB melding 6. januar: "- After imprisoning our entire campaign team, today they blocked the new medical and security teams and also impounded the media cars. They said I must go to the campaign alone. They thought that would affect the support we have from the people. This is us going through Iganga on our way to Namisindwa. This is a revolution. #WeAreRemovingADictator

Opptakten til presidentvalget i Uganda minner mest om et folkeopprør. Valgdagen 14. januar utfordrer Ghetto-musikeren Bobi Wine landets regime. Bak seg har Wine stjernestatus og millioner av landsmenn. En etter en tar seg nå over den høye muren av frykt som president Museveni har bygget gjennom 35 år ved makten. Valget trenger internasjonal oppmerksomhet.

PostedJanuary 7, 2021

AuthorLitangen

CategoriesHuman Rights, Cultural policy

TagsUganda, Bobi Wine, election

The presidential election in Uganda is on January 14, 2021. The election campaign is dramatic. The election could be catastrophic. Museweni has been in office for the past 34 years. Now he is challenged by 38-year-old Bobi Wine. Wine, or Robert Kyagulanyi as he is actually called, became a member of parliament in 2017. He made a name for himself quickly, and already in the autumn of 2017 was he at the forefront of the fight against the extension of the constitutional age limit for the presidency.

PostedDecember 4, 2020

AuthorLitangen

CategoriesHuman Rights

TagsBobi Wine

A first of its kind in the Arab region, the Master’s in Cultural Policy and Cultural Management is a two-year program taught in both Arabic and English. It is hosted by the Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Ben M’sik, at the Hassan II University in Casablanca, Morocco. Culture Resource established this program with Hassan II University and the University of Hildesheim in Germany and its UNESCO Chair for Cultural Policies for Arts in Development as a cooperating partner. The program is supported by the Ford Foundation and the British Council.

PostedMay 5, 2019

AuthorLitangen

CategoriesInfrastructure, Human Rights, Cultural policy

TagsMarocco, mawred

- Det er veldig trist at fire syriske musikerne som skulle vært i Risør til helga ikke får visum til Norge etter å ha arbeidet sammen med musikere fra Risør og nabokommunene over lang tid, sier ordfører Per Kr. Lunden. Han har brukt kontakter i Utenriksdepartementet for å prøve å få til en ny vurdering av søknaden, men oppfatter det som nytteløst. Men ordføreren er glad for at det likevel blir en flott internasjonal kulturbegivenhet i Risørhuset til helgen.

PostedApril 3, 2019

AuthorLitangen

CategoriesExchange, Human Rights

Cultural Policy in the Arab Region has just published "Part Three of “The State of the Arts - Current Issues in Artistic and Literary Creativity in the Arab Region” first published at Jadaliyya website - 15/02/2018. Author of the article, Basma Al-Husseiny, will be part of the panel at The International Culture Seminar in Arendal, Norway, on 13th August 2018.

PostedApril 4, 2018

AuthorLitangen

CategoriesHuman Rights, Cultural policy

TagsArendalsuka, Action for Hope, Basma Al-Husseiny

More than 190 artists and professionals have benefited directly from project interventions. Soleil d'Afrique reached a record of its audience since its creation (over 8320 direct visitors); 29 international artists have been involved.

PostedJune 18, 2015

AuthorCato Litangen

CategoriesCultural expressions, Human Rights

TagsMali, Centre Solei d´Adrique, Visual Arts

Suggestions from Mimeta for the white paper on human rights in the Norwegian foreign- and development policy.

PostedFebruary 27, 2014

AuthorCato Litangen

CategoriesCultural policy, Human Rights

The war has got an impact on major events such as the Festival sur le Niger and the Festival au Désert. The Festival sur le Niger have been reduced for a special edition, without music and other festive activities, because... of the state of emergency in the country. For the special edition, we will have an International Symposium on the theme "Culture and Governance", Workshops and Master Class on the theme: "Peace and Social Cohesion", etc. The Festival au Désert have been cancelled for 2013, unfortunately. Generally, activities are in a slow motion. http://www.festivalsegou.org/

PostedFebruary 1, 2013

AuthorLitangen

CategoriesMali, Cultural expressions, Human Rights

TagsMali, KYA Network

International celebration of freedom of expression in art and culture in Oslo 28/2 - 03/3 2013.

PostedFebruary 1, 2013

AuthorCato Litangen

CategoriesExchange, Cultural expressions, Human Rights

TagsRedzone

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I work carefully and imperceptibly below the surface when it comes to freedom of artistic expression. Deep down I stand by those who want to break it but remind them of realities above the surface. At the same time, the water becomes shallower. This is my duty as a producer.
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Art under Fire

Visual arts in Mali: A modest contribution to stability

Suggestions for Norwegian White paper on human rights in external relations

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“RED ZONE – FREE THE ARTS”

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