Orhan Geidarovich Jemal

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Orhan Geidarowitsch Dschemal ( Russian Орха́н Гейда́рович Джема́ль , also Orhan Cemal , Orhan Jamal transcribed; * November 12, 1966 in Moscow , Soviet Union ; † July 30, 2018 or July 31, 2018 in Sibut , Central African Republic ) was a Russian journalist.

Life

Orhan Jemal was born in Moscow. His father was Geidar Jemal , a Russian-Islamic social activist.

In 1984 he began his studies at the Moscow Institute of Geological Exploration (now Sergo Ordzonikidze State University of Geological Exploration). From 1985 to 1987 he did his military service with the airborne troops near Mukachevo . After completing his military service, he continued his studies until 1990.

Jemal has been a journalist since 1995. He worked with various magazines such as Wescherniaja Moskwa , Nezawisimaja Gazeta , Wersija , Russki Newsweek . He has worked as a journalist in the East Caucasus , Afghanistan , Iraq , Syria and other Arab countries. In 2000 he was a founder of the Union of Religious Journalists , in 2003 he founded the Muslim Union of Russian Journalists . He was the author of a book about the Caucasus War in 2008, where he accompanied the Russian battalion Vostok. In 2011 he worked as a special correspondent in Libya , where he was seriously injured on the night of August 22.

As a military expert, he took part in various television shows where he turned against the Russian crime scene .

On July 31, 2018, it became known that he was killed with the Russian journalists Alexander Rastorgujew and Kirill Radschenko in the Central African Republic . There he wanted to make a film about the Wagner group .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mystery of the murder of three Russian journalists dw.com, accessed February 1, 2019
  2. ↑ Orhan Jemal. Retrieved October 8, 2018 (Russian).
  3. ↑ Orhan Dschemal: "For Moscow, Crimean Tatars are only an unnecessary minority". Retrieved October 8, 2018 (Russian).
  4. ↑ Three Russian journalists shot dead. In: image. August 1, 2018, accessed October 8, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Russian journalists killed in Africa. In: Tagesschau. August 1, 2018, accessed October 8, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Jemal, Orhan Geidarovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Джема́ль, Орха́н Гейда́рович (Russian); Jemal, Orhan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian journalist and author
DATE OF BIRTH November 12, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow , Soviet Union
DATE OF DEATH July 30, 2018 or July 31, 2018
Place of death Sibut , Central African Republic