Photographer in Kashgar Detained, Deported

Jul 10, 2009

LOCATION: Kashgar
TYPE OF INCIDENT: Barred from public space, Detained
TOPIC: Xinjiang Unrest
NATIONALITY/ORGANIZATION: Associated Press

Associated Press Photographer Elizabeth Dalziel was detained after taking photographs of a convoy going through the city. She was brought to the airport and ordered to leave Kashgar. She managed to return to the city, where she was detained again. The authorities deleted two photographs she had taken and escorted her back to the airport.