Soltan Achilova

Affiliated media: Radio Azatlyk, Freelance journalist

Incident date: June 9, 2018

Attack type:

• Pressure on a media worker via non-physical pressure on relatives and loved ones

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: RFE/RL

Location: Turkmenistan, Yoloten

Additional information:

Members of transport police visited Soltan Achilova's relatives and seized their car. When asked why they had done this, they answered that they were fulfilling an order, according to which "the vehicle should be under supervision until Achilova leaves for Ashgabat". For this reason the car was not returned to its owners for two days.