Listen to the Banned

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| name = Listen to the Banned

| type = compilation

| artist = Various Artists

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| released = Europe March, 2010
UK August, 2010
United States 26 October 2010.

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| genre = World

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| label = Grappa Music, Valley Entertainment

| producer = Deeyah Khan, Ole Reitov

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Listen to the Banned is a compilation album that features the music of banned, censored and imprisoned artists from the Middle East, Africa and Asia.

{{Cite web

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|url= http://www.norway.org.uk/News_and_events/culture/music/Listen-To-The-Banned/

|title= Listen to the Banned

|publisher=norway.org.uk

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|accessdate= 2011-01-19

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{{Cite web

| author = Tracy McVeigh

|url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/dec/05/oppressive-regimes-music-banned-freemuse

|title= Banned singers join together for an album of hope

|publisher= Guardian.co.uk

|date= 2010-12-05

|accessdate= 2010-12-08

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The album is the result of a two-year collaboration between the Norwegian artist Deeyah Khan and international organisation {{ill|Freemuse|de}}. As well as receiving critical acclaim, Listen to the Banned album has peaked at number 6 on the World Music Charts Europe and spent months on these charts.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wmce.de/?chartUrlMonth=7&chartUrlYear=2010 |title=World Music Charts Europe |work=July 2010 |accessdate=17 September 2010}} The album was released worldwide in 2010

Together with Freemuse, Deeyah's' aim with Listen to the Banned is to help give a voice to the voiceless and to promote freedom of creative and musical expression and to promote the work of Freemuse.

{{Cite web

| author = Howard Male

|url= https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-various-artists-listen-to-the-banned-freemuse-2158474.html

|title= Album: Various artists, Listen to the Banned (Freemuse)

|publisher= www.independent.co.uk

|date=2010-12-12

|accessdate=2010-12-12

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The album is supported by Amnesty International UK.

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|url=http://amnestyshop.org.uk/listen-to-the-banned-cd.html

|title=Music that makes dictators tremble & fundamentalists angry

|publisher=amnestyshop.org.uk

|accessdate=2011-01-17

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|archivedate=2010-10-09

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Freemuse & Deeyah present Listen to the Banned is the first album release in what is planned to be a long term series of Listen to the Banned compilation albums.