Zidan Adzhikelyamov

Affiliated media: Crimean Solidarity , Citizen journalist

Incident date: May 19, 2021

Attack type:

Pressure on a media worker via judicial and/or economic pressure on relatives and loved ones

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Republic of Crimea, Sovietskyi

Additional information:

Police officers and unnamed people in plain clothes searched the house of civilian journalist Zidan Adzhikelyamov. They did not leave a copy of the protocol and forbade to film their actions. The police officers presented a court order to inspect the area, but the journalist claimed it was a search. The policemen were looking for weapons. After examining all the rooms, a protocol was drawn up, but Adzhikelyamov refused to sign it without a lawyer. Nothing was seized. Also, investigative measures were conducted at the house of his parents According to Adzhikelamov, the actions of the officers may be related to the search for the children of Nabi Rakhimov, killed by the Federal Security Service officers, who were not found on the day of deportation of their mother Sohiba Burkhanova from Crimea and could not be taken to the special children's institutions by the guardianship and law enforcement agencies. On that day, he was broadcasting live for Crimean Solidarity.