Research
Driven by our commitment to create meaningful change in the field of artistic freedom and improve conditions for artists in their home countries, AFI’s thematic report series is a first-of-its-kind project focused on research and policy advocacy for free creative expression.
AFI has established our report series to more proactively pursue our goal of addressing the root causes of artistic suppression and advocating for a future in which all artists can create freely and safely in their home countries. We are confident that AFI’s ongoing report series will be a vital tool in our collective work to accomplish these goals.
AFI’s in-depth, thematic human rights reports will:
- Document the unique challenges facing artistic communities in the focus country;
- Call out rights violations committed by the focus country’s government;
- Advocate for the strengthening of existing rights protection mechanisms; and,
- Provide actionable recommendations to global policymakers for the benefit of all artistic communities.
Through our report series, AFI aims to address global underreporting on artistic freedom, elevate the importance of plurality in the arts, and advocate for more thorough protection of artists’ rights.
To honor the two year anniversary of Jina Mahsa Amini, AFI and Voices Unbound (VU), a group of human rights defenders, journalists, and activists, are releasing a comprehensive report detailing the repressive policies in Iran which gave rise to the “Woman, Life, Freedom” nationwide and eventual global movement calling for social change in Iran.
Click here to read the report now!
Read our previous reports:
Artistic Exodus: Afghan Artists Fleeing Taliban Rule
Cultural Control: Censorship and Suppression of the Arts in Poland
Systemic Suppression: Hungary’s Arts & Culture in Crisis
