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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". 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. The alarmingly widespread nature of censorship in music prompted the conference attendees to initiate the creation of a new organization, FREEMUSE. Its guiding principles, as applied specifically to musicians and composers, are outlined in the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights. The FREEMUSE secretariat was established in August 2000. FREEMUSE is a membership organization with its secretariat based in Copenhagen, Denmark. It receives core funding from the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA). FREEMUSE objectives are to:
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