Occupants in Crimea searched the house of Crimean Tatar Zera Bekirova

January 29, 2024

Three days ago, Russian occupiers conducted a search in the house of a Crimean Tatar woman, editor-in-chief of the “Nenkecan”magazine Zera Bekirova in the occupied Crimea.

According to journalist Elvina Seitbulaieva, the special services broke in at dawn and released closer to midnight. Zera Bekirova herself and her daughter Arzy Memetova were interrogated. What exactly the occupiers were looking for is unknown.

We remind you that Zera Bekirova is a famous Crimean Tatar journalist, former editor-in-chief of the magazine “Yañı Dünya”, publicist, member of the Writers’ Union of Ukraine. But after the occupation of Crimea, her life changed. You can read more about her story in the CTRC publication, which was prepared as part of the “Hostages of the Occupation” project.