Airat Dilmukhametov - Justice for Journalists

Airat Dilmukhametov

Affiliated media: Publicist, Activist, Politician

Incident date: August 24, 2020

Attack type:

  • Administrative arrest, remand, pre-trial detention, prison
  • Ban on engaging in journalistic activity
  • 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: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Location: Russia, Samara Oblast, Samara

Additional information:

A Russian military court has sentenced a prominent opposition activist from the Bashkortostan region to nine years in a high-security prison on extremism charges. He was also found guilty of making public calls for extremism and supporting terrorism. The court in the city of Samara also banned Dilmukhametov from administering websites for three years after his release from prison.

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