Kirill Serebrennikov, one of Russia’s most acclaimed theatre and film directors known for his virulent criticism of conservatism and the Putin regime, has been detained by authorities in St. Petersburg.

Following last weekend’s high profile neo-Nazi demonstrations and massive counter-protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, a Texas state legislator has continued to express support for a dangerous new anti-protest bill he authored

Abdallah Al Shahani, a well known Saudi musician, actor, and TV personality, was arrested last weekend at a music festival after he “dabbed” onstage. The Saudi Interior Ministry recently banned

The Voice Project is grateful to receive generous support from Metabolic Studio led by artist Lauren Bon. In 2005, Lauren Bon founded Metabolic Studio on Los Angeles’s pre-colonial floodplain within

The Voice Project has received word from Pussy Riot that two of its members, Maria (Masha) Alekhina and Olga Borisova, are safe after being detained for five hours on Monday

Silya Ziani, the 23 year-old protest singer who was arrested on June 5 for her involvement with ongoing protests in Morocco’s Rif region, has been released after a royal pardon

Musa Kart, one of 19 former employees of Turkey’s largest secular publication currently standing trial on baseless terrorism-related charges, was granted freedom on Friday, though he still faces a long

In the week since the death of Chinese Nobel Peace Prize winner and pro-democracy advocate Liu Xiaobo, supporters around the world have joined in remembrance of his life, his work

By: Daniel McElroy Silya Ziani, a detained Amazigh protest singer and one of the most recognizable faces of Morocco’s ongoing Rif Movement, is finishing the seventh day of a hunger strike that

Kalsang Yarphel, a famous Tibetan singer who was detained four years ago, has been released from prison in China’s Sichuan province after serving his full sentence. He was convicted in