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The report, "Connecting the Dots: Artist Protection & Artistic Freedom in Asia", captures growing anxiety over efforts to stifle artistic expression in 19 countries in South, Southeast, Central, and East Asia
Threats against free expression and artistic freedom in Asia are rising, with artists increasingly vulnerable to violent attacks, censorship, and persecution, stemming in some cases from laws restricting digital security rights and suppressing criticism of government and ruling parties, according to a new publication from PEN America’s Artist at Risk Connection (ARC), in partnership with the Mekong Cultural Hub (MCH) and the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA).