Asan Akhtemov

Affiliated media: Nefes, Civil Journalist

Incident date: September 3, 2021

Attack type:

• Short-term detention

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: ZMINA Human Rights Center

Location: Republic of Crimea, Levadki village, Simferopol district

Additional information:

Around 11 PM, civil journalist Asan Akhtemov, who cooperated with the Nefes information initiative, was detained in front of his home. The Federal Security Service officers entered the house together with him and showed him a warrant to conduct certain actions, but they did not let him finish reading the papers and began to conduct a search. As a result of the search, the telephone, computer equipment and car of civil journalist were seized. The law enforcement officers also took him with them and for a long time it was unknown where the journalist was.