Elmaz Akimova

Affiliated media: Nefes, Civil journalist

Incident date: January 18, 2023

Attack type:

• Warnings, pre-trial complaints, questioning and other extra-judicial actions

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: JFJ Expert

Location: Republic of Crimea, Simferopol district

Additional information:

On January 18, 2023, in the Simferopol district, civil journalist, activist, coordinator of the Crimean Tatar initiative Nefes Elmaz Akimova was visited at home by police officers. According to the police, they arrived in order to hold a conversation and find out her whereabouts. At this point, Akimova had already left Crimea, as police officers and employees of the Center for Combating Extremism had also visited her earlier.