Shamil Abashilov

Affiliated media: Molodyozh Dagestana, Editor-in-chief

Incident date: May 22, 2019

Attack type:

• Short-term detention

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: OVD-Info

Location: Russia, Republic of Dagestan, Makhachkala

Additional information:

In Makhachkala, police detained Shamil Abashilov, the former editor-in-chief of the newspaper “Molodyozh Dagestana” (Youth of Dagestan), during a solitary picket in support of the journalist Abdulmumin Gadzhiyev, who was arrested on suspicion of funding ISIS.