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Amber & Olivia // Music Freedom Day // // By: Marie Korpe, Executive Director of Freemuse // ~Music Freedom Day activities took place in more than 20 countries ~Singer Lapiro de Mbanda received “Freedom to Create Award” -he has been in prison for almost 3 years in harsh conditions -he was allowed to spend one day outside prison to go to trial -after the trial he was given the award he earned in November 2009 ~In Amman, Jordan the “Amman People’s Choir” performed the crying out of the Arab Revolution in a crowded Al Balad Theater ~In Kabul, former exiled DJ Shakeb Isaar presented former banned music ~In Amsterdam a documentary about the show in Kabul was presented ~hibridoradio.com (one of the Music Freedom Day media partners) provided special programs in Italian and Spanish focused on the situation in Latin America ~Some national broadcasters focused on the recent developments of freedom of musical expression in the Middle East ~Others played music smuggled out of Burma from imprisoned musician/activist Win Maw ~The Swedish Society of Popular Music Composers (SKAP) dedicated its’ front page to MFD and a commentary on freedom of musical expression ~Music Freedom Day 2011 received massive international and national media coverage cvv