http://www.indexoncensorship.org for free expression Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:19:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/12/azerbaijani-human-rights-lawyer-detained-at-istanbul-airport/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/12/azerbaijani-human-rights-lawyer-detained-at-istanbul-airport/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:04:36 +0000 Alice Purkiss http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=30851 Azerbaijani human rights activist was detained for more than 24 hours at Istanbul airport on Tuesday evening. Intigam Aliyev was returning to Baku from the Civil Society Parallel Event, organized by the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in Vilnius,  when he was accused of insulting an airport officer, and the return of his passport was refused. Aliyev reported being beaten by police whilst he was detained. He arrived in Baku in the early hours of this morning.]]> http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/12/azerbaijani-human-rights-lawyer-detained-at-istanbul-airport/feed/ 0 http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2010/05/gao-zhisheng-missing-again/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2010/05/gao-zhisheng-missing-again/#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 11:07:53 +0000 Intern http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=11941 dissident human rights lawyer — missing for over a year until he resurfaced last month — has been reported missing again by his family. In early April, Gao gave a series of interviews to the western media publicly renouncing activism.  He boarded the Beijing-bound flight from Urumqi on 20 April but his whereabouts are now unknown. Critics speculate that his reappearance was “a ploy to try to demonstrate to the outside world that he had not been mistreated”.]]> http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2010/05/gao-zhisheng-missing-again/feed/ 0 http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2010/03/gao-zhisheng-china-charged/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2010/03/gao-zhisheng-china-charged/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:39:53 +0000 Intern http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=9392 Gao Zhisheng has been charged with subverting state power, Chinese Foreign Minister, Yang Jiechi made the annoucement  during a news conference with David Miliband on Tuesday. Gao, noted for taking on high-profile cases against the Chinese government, has been missing for over a year.]]> http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2010/03/gao-zhisheng-china-charged/feed/ 0 http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2009/06/vietnam-holds-high-profile-lawyer/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2009/06/vietnam-holds-high-profile-lawyer/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:37:52 +0000 Index on Censorship http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=3789 here ]]> http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2009/06/vietnam-holds-high-profile-lawyer/feed/ 0