Zera Bekirova

Affiliated media: Magazine Nenkejan, Editor

Incident date: January 26, 2024

Attack type:

• Short-term detention

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: JFJ Expert

Location: Republic of Crimea, Simferopol

Additional information:

On January 26, 2024, at about 6 AM, in Simferopol, the house where Zera Bekirova, a well-known Crimean Tatar journalist (ex-editor of the newspaper Yan’y Dunya) and editor of the magazine Nenkejan lived, was searched. After its completion, Zera Bekirova and her daughter were taken to the Federal Security Service Department for interrogation, which lasted approximately 6-7 hours.