Index on Censorship » extortion http://www.indexoncensorship.org for free expression Fri, 17 May 2013 16:22:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 for free expression Index on Censorship no for free expression Index on Censorship » extortion http://www.indexoncensorship.org/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/Free_Speech_Bites_Logo.jpg http://www.indexoncensorship.org Bangladesh: Editor accused of extortion released on bail http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/11/bangladesh-editor-accused-of-extortion-released-on-bail/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/11/bangladesh-editor-accused-of-extortion-released-on-bail/#comments Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:10:42 +0000 Alice Purkiss http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=29767 The news editor of an online news agency has been released on bail after being held for nearly four months. Ekramul Haq, the editor of recently closed Sheershanews.com, was released from jail in Dhaka at around 4pm, local time, after he was granted bail by the lower court. Haq was arrested on suspicion of extorting Tk [...]

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]]> been released on bail after being held for nearly four months. Ekramul Haq, the editor of recently closed Sheershanews.com, was released from jail in Dhaka at around 4pm, local time, after he was granted bail by the lower court. Haq was arrested on suspicion of extorting Tk 20 lakh (around £17,000) from Chittagong businessman Gias Uddin Talukdar on July 30.

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]]> http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/11/bangladesh-editor-accused-of-extortion-released-on-bail/feed/ 0 Azerbaijan: Independent editor imprisoned http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/11/azerbaijan-editor-imprisoned/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/11/azerbaijan-editor-imprisoned/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:00:07 +0000 Alice Purkiss http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=28567 The editor-in-chief of an independent daily paper in Azerbaijan has been imprisoned. Avaz Zeynally, from newspaper Khural, was arrested in Baku on Friday on charges of bribery and extortion. The charges follow a complaint filed by Gyuler Akhmedova, a member of parliament who alleged that Zeynally had tried to extort 10,000 manat (7,935 GBP) from her in August. Zeynally denies all [...]

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]]> Azerbaijan has been imprisoned. Avaz Zeynally, from newspaper Khural, was arrested in Baku on Friday on charges of bribery and extortion. The charges follow a complaint filed by Gyuler Akhmedova, a member of parliament who alleged that Zeynally had tried to extort 10,000 manat (7,935 GBP) from her in August. Zeynally denies all charges, saying Akhmedova had offered him money in exchange for his paper’s loyalty to authorities. On Saturday, a court determined that Zeynally should be detained for three months. If convicted, he could face 12 years in prison.

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