Elmaz Akimova - Justice for Journalists

Elmaz Akimova

Affiliated media: Nefes, Civil Journalist

Incident date: May 16, 2022

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Crimean Solidarity

Location: Republic of Crimea, Simferopol

Additional information:

On May 16, 2022, it became known that the Prosecutor's Office of the Simferopol district of Crimea tried to give the relatives of the civil journalist of the Nefes initiative Elmaz Akimova a warning about the inadmissibility of violation of the law at a possible rally or picket on the occasion of the 78th anniversary of the deportation of the Crimean Tatar people from Crimea. It is noteworthy that the journalist has not lived in Crimea for a long time (at least 5 months).

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