Izmir Akulli
Party not recorded
Legal status
Not charged
not-charged
What this means: No criminal charge against this person is recorded in the sources reviewed.
Conflicting records. The research disagrees; every version is shown and none has been chosen as correct.
- Legal status
- not-chargedFrom the research record · cites:
- Albanian journalists targeted by police violence: RSF (opens in a new tab)RSF · 21 Oct 2026 · ngo · EN
- unknownFrom the research record · cites:
- Albanian journalists targeted by police violence: RSF calls for investigations and parliamentary scrutiny (opens in a new tab)Reporters Without Borders (RSF) · 21 Oct 2026 · ngo · EN
- not-chargedFrom the research record · cites:
- Source label
- OFFICIALLY_REPORTEDFrom the research record · cites:
- Albanian journalists targeted by police violence: RSF (opens in a new tab)RSF · 21 Oct 2026 · ngo · EN
- UNDER_INVESTIGATIONFrom the research record · cites:
- Albanian journalists targeted by police violence: RSF calls for investigations and parliamentary scrutiny (opens in a new tab)Reporters Without Borders (RSF) · 21 Oct 2026 · ngo · EN
- OFFICIALLY_REPORTEDFrom the research record · cites:
Profile
Reported by RSF to have been kicked and punched by several police officers on 13 October 2026 while filming an interaction with a student; taken to hospital.
Response from Izmir Akulli
Not found in the sources reviewed.
Other accounts in the research (3 fields worded differently)
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- Biography
- Reported by RSF to have been kicked and punched by several police officers on 13 October 2026 while filming an interaction with a student; taken to hospital.From the research record
- Albanian online-outlet editor. According to RSF (21 Oct 2026, citing his own account), he was punched and kicked by several officers on 13 Oct 2026 while filming a police intervention against a student near the Bank of Albania, and was taken to hospital.From the research record
- Legal status detail
- Victim.From the research record
- Victim; no proceedings reported.From the research record
- Response
- Not found in the sources reviewed.From the research record
- No police response to this specific incident was found in the sources.From the research record
Related cases
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From 13 Oct 2026
Alleged police use of force during the October 2026 student and anti-government protests in Tirana
From 13 Oct 2026, student-led protests in Tirana over university conditions, education costs, corruption and living costs became violent on several days. Police used water cannon, tear gas, baton…
Status: Open. Disciplinary and prosecutorial inquiries reported; no outcomes found.
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Connections
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Timeline
Police
Dosja.al editor Izmir Akulli reportedly punched and kicked by officers near Bank of Albania
According to RSF (21 Oct 2026, citing the journalist's own account), officers punched and kicked Izmir Akulli while he filmed a police intervention against a student near the Bank of Albania; he was taken to hospital. No police response to this case was found.
Linked: Alleged police use of force during the October 2026 student and anti-government protests in Tirana · Izmir Akulli
Media
RSF: at least 12 journalists physically attacked by police, 13-19 Oct 2026
RSF counts 28 reports affecting at least 23 media professionals, including at least 10 episodes of direct physical force; calls for sanctions, enforcement of safety guidelines and parliamentary scrutiny.
Linked: Izmir Akulli
Sources for this record
Every source the research cites for this record, grouped by its source label. 1 source.
Source label: Officially reportedOfficially reported · 1 source
- Publisher
- RSF
- Date
- 21 Oct 2026