Our Collective Conscience •  including OSCE events − to publicize what he believed were violations of religious freedoms in his country but was prevented from doing so by the authorities on at least five separate occasions in the period under review.107 5. Extradition. Extradition procedures are sometimes used in a seemingly arbitrary manner to secure jurisdiction over defenders who reside abroad. A request for the extradition of one campaigner for the recognition of the right to freedom of conscience was requested on the basis of accusations from his home country of “participating in disorder” and “resistance to state representatives” during events that took place three years before the accusation.108 6. Detention without access to a lawyer. Human rights defenders were held without access to a lawyer. In one case, three human rights defenders were held incommunicado for over a month, reportedly without access to counsel, amid allegations they were being forced to confess under duress.109 7. Detention of journalists for publishing classified reports in the public interest. Reporters have also faced the threat of imprisonment for publishing classified material revealing alleged violations of human rights, even though this is often clearly in the public interest. In one case, two journalists faced a military court for revealing the existence of secret prisons and detainee transports run by the US Central Intelligence Agency because they had based this on information obtained from the security services.110 107 Case of Ilgar Ibrahimoglu Allahverdiyev (Azerbaijan), FIDH/OMCT, op. cit., note 19, p. 503; HRW, “World Report 2007”, p. 444 (Uzbekistan). The Government of Azerbaijan responds that Mr. Ibrahimoglu Allahverdiyev was barred by the court from changing his place of permanent residence without permission due to his participation in what it describes as a violent 2003 post-election mass disturbance. 108 Case of Azer Samedov (Azerbaijan), FIDH/OMCT, op. cit., note 19, p. 512; UN SRSG, op. cit., note 15, paras. 277-278. The Government of Azerbaijan confirms the grounds of the application for extradition; however, it maintains that Mr. Samedov had absconded during the investigation and a warrant for his arrest had been issued. 109 Case of Amankurban Amanklychev, Ogulsapar Muradova, and Sapardurdy Khajiev (Turkmenistan), HRW, “Turkmenistan: Open Letter From a Coalition of Human Rights Organizations”, press release, 18 July 2006. The Government of Turkmenistan denies that access to counsel was refused. 110 Case of Sandro Brotz, Beat Jost, and Cristoph Grenacher (Switzerland), European Federation of Journalists, “European Journalists Condemn ‘Military Justice’ for Swiss Journalists”, press release, 12 April 2007.