Salman Tepsurkaev

Affiliated media: Telegram channel 1ADAT , Moderator

Incident date: September 7, 2020

Attack type:

• Pressure on a media worker via non-physical pressure on relatives and loved ones

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Novaya Gazeta

Location: Russia, Chechen Republic

Additional information:

A video has been published in which 19-year-old Tepsurkaev repents for posting of the opposition telegram channel 1ADAT and subject himself to humiliation and self-torture - sitting naked on a glass bottle. In a video that appeared later, Tepsurkaev says he did it under threat of murder. Novaya Gazeta reports that Tepsurkaev was abducted from his place of work in Gelendzhik. His father publicly disowned him.