Rolan Osmanov - Justice for Journalists

Rolan Osmanov

Affiliated media: Blogger

Incident date: March 15, 2023

Attack type:

  • Interrogation

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: JFJ Expert

Location: Republic of Crimea, Simferopol District

Additional information:

On the morning of March 15, 2023, in the Simferopol District of Crimea, Federal Security Service officers searched the apartment of the Crimean Tatar blogger Rolan Osmanov. The search took 4 hours. The lawyer was not allowed into the apartment. After the search, Osmanov was taken away by the Federal Security Service officers and interrogated as part of investigative actions. In addition, the polygraph method was applied to him. The interrogation took place without a lawyer.

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