Nariman Memedeminov - Justice for Journalists

Nariman Memedeminov

Affiliated media: Crimean solidarity , Citizen journalist

Incident date: May 14, 2020

Attack type:

  • Administrative arrest, remand, pre-trial detention, prison
  • Court trial
  • Prosecution for extremism, links with terrorists, inciting hatred, high treason, calling for the overthrow of the constitutional order, rehabilitation of Nazism (2)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Facebook page of Crimean Solidarity

Location: Russia, Rostov Oblast, Rostov-on-Don

Additional information:

Vlasikha military court of appeals has enacted the sentence for Crimean Tatar blogger and refused the defense’s appeals. Nariman Memedeminov has been detained at the pre-trial detention facility in Rostov on Don. He’s been sentenced to two years at a penal colony for public call to terrorism, which was derived from three videos published at his personal YouTube channel before the annexation of Crimea and two reposts of other people’s videos in Vkontakte.

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