Seyran Maksudov - Justice for Journalists

Seyran Maksudov

Affiliated media: Crimean Solidarity, Civil Journaist

Incident date: October 29, 2021

Attack type:

  • Short-term detention

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Crimean Solidarity

Location: Republic of Crimea, Simferopol

Additional information:

During the announcement of the verdict in the case of «the third Bakhchisarai group of Hizb ut-Tahrir» in Simferopol on the territory of the Crimean Garrison Military Court, the Rosgvardia officers conducted mass detentions of people, including two civil journalists who were performing their professional duties. According to Seyran Maksudov, he informed the security forces that he was a journalist, but they still loaded him into the bus. Later, after the documents check, he was released without a report.

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