Abdulmalik Akhmedilov
Abdulmalik Akhmedilov ( Russian Абдулмалик Ахмедилов ; first name: Malik; * 1975 or 1976; † August 11, 2009 ) was a Russian journalist critical of the government.
Akhmedilov was the deputy editor of the Avar newspaper "Chakikat" (German: "Truth") and editor-in-chief of the monthly Avar magazine "Sogratl" (Sogratl is the name of a mountain village in Dagestan). He was a sharp critic of the Russian and Dagestani security forces, who he accused of suppressing religious and political deviants under the guise of counter-extremism. He was also known for his investigative reports on the murder of high-ranking officials in Dagestan.
In the spring of 2006, he took part in the international internship program of the German Bundestag as an intern and worked in the office of the then Bundestag member Margrit Wetzel .
On August 11, 2009 he was found shot dead in the village of Palmira near the Dagestani capital Makhachkala .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Committee to Protect Journalists : Editor shot and killed in Dagestan , August 11, 2009 (with photo)
- ↑ Sogratl : all editions for download (Avar, Russian)
- ^ Radio Free Europe : Investigative Journalist Killed in Russia's Daghestan , August 11, 2009
- ↑ Wolfgang Börnsen : Malik Achmedilow was a Bundestag scholarship holder , press release from August 12, 2009
- ↑ Dr. Margrit Wetzel, SPD. Graduate economist. In: The Bundestag - Member of the 16th electoral term - Biographies. German Bundestag, accessed on September 29, 2013 .
- ^ Journalist critical of the government murdered in Dagestan ( memento of August 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), Tagesschau website of August 11, 2009
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| SURNAME | Akhmedilov, Abdulmalik |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ахмедилов, Абдулмалик (Cyrillic); Achmedilow, Malik (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1975 or 1976 |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 11, 2009 |
| Place of death | Palmira, Dagestan , Russia |