Svetlana Anokhina

Affiliated media: DAPTAR, Editor-in-chief, co-founder of Marem

Incident date: June 11, 2021

Attack type:

• Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Front Line Defenders

Location: Russia, Republic of Dagestan, Makhachkala

Additional information:

On June 10, police officers from Dagestan and Chechnya broke into a crisis apartment in Makhachkala, searching for a Chechen girl, Khalimat Taramova. As a result of the raid, journalist Svetlana Anokhina was detained with the use of physical force. On June 11, the Leninsky District Court in Makhachkala terminated administrative cases of police disobedience against volunteers of the shelter for victims of the violence Marem in Makhachkala and journalist Svetlana Anokhina.