Svetlana Anokhina

Affiliated media: Gorod Nash, Journalist

Incident date: May 7, 2018

Attack type:

• Short-term detention

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: OVD-Info

Location: Russia, Republic of Dagestan, Makhachkala

Additional information:

In Makhachkala on May 7, the police prevented Svetlana Anokhina, a journalist and activist for the "Gorod Nash" (The City is Ours) movement, from holding a picket against the construction of a place of worship in Ak-Gel Park. They tried to detain her and Patimat Amirbekova, a journalist for the “Youth of Dagestan” newspaper.