WOMEX 2003 Award honoured the human rights organisation Freemuse - The World Forum on Music and Censorship for its fight against music censorship. Freemuse was founded in 1998 and is dedicated to uphold the United Nations Universal Charter of Human Rights by funding reports, creating a database of information and taking up the causes of individual musicians in trouble with their governments or other groups.
For more information about their work go to http://www.freemuse.org .
Final showcase by Amal Murkus (Palestine/Israel).
Check the webcast of the award showcase made by Mondomix.