Elmaz Akimova - Justice for Journalists

Elmaz Akimova

Affiliated media: Nefes, Civil journalist

Incident date: December 30, 2022

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 December 30, the officers of the police and the Center for Combating Extremism came to the place of residence of Elmaz Akimova, the civil journalist of the project Nefes. The formal pretext was to check the compliance of registration and actual residence. In addition, she was handed an official warning, which stated that she was warned about «inadmissibility of avoiding violations of the law and the possibility of being subjected to resposibility».

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