Index on Censorship » Turgut Gambar 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 » Turgut Gambar http://www.indexoncensorship.org/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/Free_Speech_Bites_Logo.jpg http://www.indexoncensorship.org Azerbaijan: Index writer arrested ahead of Eurovision http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/05/azerbaijan-index-writer-arrested-ahead-of-eurovision/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/05/azerbaijan-index-writer-arrested-ahead-of-eurovision/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 11:08:43 +0000 Alice Purkiss http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=36427 Index on Censorship writer and youth activist Turgut Gambar was among activists arrested yesterday (14 May) during a demonstration in Baku, Azerbaian. Police violently dispersed peaceful protests ahead of the Eurovision Song Contest which will take place later this month. Specifically targeting opposition party members, police beat demonstrators at rallies in Sabir Garden in front of the city authorities’ offices. [...]

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]]> Turgut Gambar was among activists arrested yesterday (14 May) during a demonstration in Baku, Azerbaian. Police violently dispersed peaceful protests ahead of the Eurovision Song Contest which will take place later this month. Specifically targeting opposition party members, police beat demonstrators at rallies in Sabir Garden in front of the city authorities’ offices. Around 300 protesters gathered to call for the release of Azerbaijan’s political prisoners.

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